Kimsey Zajac
Research Fields and Interest
- Digital Health for Development
- Proxy-use in Digital Health
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Experience
- Since 01/2023 Doctorate in Information Systems, University of Göttingen, Germany
- 10/2020 – 12/2022 Master of Science in Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany
- 02/2019 – 07/2019 Semester Abroad, University of Maribor, Slovenia
- 10/2016 – 01/2020 Bachelor of Science in Management and Economics, University of Bochum, Germany
Work Experience
- Since 01/2023 Research Associate at the Chair of Information Management, Digital Health Research Group, University of Göttingen, Germany
- 01/2022 – 12/2022 Research Assistant at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg, Germany
- 06/2021 – 10/2022 Student Assistant at the Chair of Development Economics, Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen, Germany
- 10/2020 – 06/2022 Student Assistant at the Ombuds Office for Good Research Practice, University of Göttingen, Germany
- 09/2019 – 11/2019 Internship at the Representation of North Rhine Westphalia to the Federal Government, Berlin, Germany
- 10/2018 – 11/2018 Internship at the Representation of North Rhine Westphalia to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium
- 06/2017 – 06/2018 Working Student at Foerster & Thelen Marktforschung Feldservice GmbH, Bochum, Germany
Publications
- 2025
- Zajac, K., Klein, J., Eißfeldt, C. & Kolbe, L.M. (2025): Mobile Applications in Epidemic Management: A Comprehensive Taxonomy, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Big Island, Hawaii, USA [VHB: B]
- Zajac, K., Ludwig, M., Klein, J. & Kolbe, L.M. (2025): Making the Case for a Targeted Needs Assessment for mHealth: Prioritizing Regions in sub-Saharan Africa Using Geospatial Mapping, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Big Island, Hawaii, USA [VHB: B]
- Zajac, K., Braun, M., Klein, J., Kolbe, L.M. (2024): Towards Digital Health Equity? - Assessing the Inclusivity of National Digital Health Strategies for Vulnerable Groups, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Paphos, Cyprus [VHB: A]
- Zajac, K., Aslan, A., Greve, M., Kolbe, L.M., Theron, G., Niesler, T., Cobelens, F., Klopper, M., Ssengooba, W., Joloba, M. (2023): Bridging Healthcare Barriers with mHealth: A Systematic Review of Tuberculosis Applications and their Limitations, American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Panama City, Panama [VHB: D]
- CAGE-TB – Automated smartphone-based cough audio classification for rapid tuberculosis triage testing
- SOMNOLINK: Vernetzte Schlafdaten und Entscheidungshilfen entlang des Patient:innenpfads für bessere Behandlung der obstruktiven Schlafapnoe
- PREPARED: Preparedness and Pandemic Response in Deutschland
- "Scaling up the WHO-PEN package for diabetes and hypertension in eSwatini: a nation-wide cluster-randomised evaluation of three strategies in eSwatini (WHO-PEN@Scale)"
- 2024
- 2023
Topics for Bachelor and Master thesis
An overview of current topics can be found here.
Application: If you are interested in writing your thesis about any topic relating to my research, please contact me via e-mail. Please also send me your CV and grade sheet from FlexNow (simple printout) in order to better match the precise topic to your area of interest.
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