Student Assistant (up to 40 hours/month)
Kennziffer: 2026-0119
- Heidelberg
- Marginal Employment
- Policy and Implementation Research for Cancer Prevention
Das Deutsche Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) ist eines der größten Krebsforschungszentren Europas. „Forschen für ein Leben ohne Krebs“ ist unsere Mission und hierfür arbeiten unsere Weltklassewissenschaftler:innen gemeinsam mit allen Mitarbeitenden.
Wir erforschen, wie Krebs entsteht, erfassen Krebsrisikofaktoren und suchen nach neuen Strategien, die verhindern, dass Menschen an Krebs erkranken. Wir entwickeln neue Methoden, mit denen Tumore präziser diagnostiziert und Krebspatient:innen erfolgreicher behandelt werden können. Jeder Beitrag zählt – ob in der Forschung, in der Administration oder der Infrastruktur. Das macht unsere tägliche Arbeit so bedeutungsvoll und spannend.
The Division of Policy and Implementation Research for Cancer Prevention, starting at the earliest date possible, is seeking a
The Division of Policy and Implementation Research for Cancer Prevention was established on July 1, 2024. The mission of this new division is to accelerate the uptake of evidence into policy and practice in the field of cancer prevention. Through cutting-edge research and transdisciplinary collaborations, the division strives to improve public health outcomes by ensuring that evidence-based interventions are effectively delivered to all populations.
We are looking for a HiWi to support FORECAST-Policy, a new DKFZ collaborative project, linking longitudinal biomarker epidemiology with implementation research. The primary aim of the implementation science component of the study is to assess whether the German healthcare system is ready to implement risk-adapted prostate cancer screening.
Ihre Aufgaben:
- Supporting stakeholder interviews in German: scheduling appointments, conducting key informant interviews
- Coordinating outreach to clinical and policy contacts (e.g., urology departments, DEGAM, regional medical chambers, G-BA scientific staff, patient organizations)
- Assisting with the submission of ethics applications: helping to draft ethics documents, information sheets, and consent forms in German
- Assisting with survey development and distribution through professional society mailing lists
- Targeted literature and document review of German screening regulations ("KFE-Richtlinie", G-BA decisions) and comparator screening pathways (lung, breast, cervical)
- Supporting dissemination: contributing to a policy-oriented framework document and assisting with manuscript preparation
Ihr Profil:
Required qualifications:
- Currently enrolled bachelor's or master's student in medicine, public health, health sciences, sociology, health policy, or a related field
- Native-level German (C2) - essential for interviews, ethics drafting, and stakeholder communication
- Strong written and spoken English skills (working language of the team)
- Reliable, well-organized, and comfortable working independently with multiple parallel tasks
- Comfortable communicating professionally with senior clinicians and policy stakeholders
Desirable (not required):
- Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative research methods (interviews, thematic analysis) or willingness to learn
- Coursework or practical exposure to implementation science, health services research, or health policy
- Prior contacts with the German oncology, urology, or primary care landscape
You can look forward to:
- Hands-on involvement in a high-visibility, time-sensitive project intersecting cancer screening evidence with German health policy
- Direct mentoring from a clinician-scientist (Daza) and an implementation science PI (Hoe), with exposure to a multidisciplinary team across different DKFZ departments and external collaborators
- Possibility to co-author manuscripts depending on contribution
Unser Angebot:
- Hervorragende Rahmenbedingungen: modernste state-of-the-art Infrastruktur und Möglichkeit zum internationalen Austausch auf Spitzenniveau
- Zugang zu internationalen Forschungs-Netzwerken
- Flexible Arbeitszeiten
- Möglichkeit zur mobilen Arbeit
- Entfalten Sie Ihr volles Potenzial: gezielte Angebote für Ihre persönliche Entwicklung fördern Ihre Talente
- Unser betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement bietet ein ganzheitliches Angebot für Ihr Wohlbefinden
Sie sind interessiert?
Prof. Dr. Connie Hoe
Telefon: +49 (0)160 94460635
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