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Christiane Grünloh

Christiane Grünloh

PhD student in HCI

After leaving secondary school I was trained as a doctor’s assistant at a General Practitioner. After three years of training, I worked for another five years in my profession at a Urologist. It was not before 2005 that I started my studies in Media Informatics at TH Köln University of Applied Sciences, in which HCI is an integral component of the curriculum. Currently I am working part-time as research assistant in Media Informatics and as programme coordinator of the master programme Web Science at TH Köln in Germany, while being an external PhD student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

My PhD research focuses on Patient Accessible Electronic Health Records (PAEHR) in Sweden and investigates both, the perspectives of physicians and experiences of patients in relation to PAEHR. The aim is to contribute with an increased understanding of the complexities of developing eHealth services for patients and the challenges in relation to human-centred design. My supervisors are Jan Gulliksen (KTH), Åke Walldius (KTH), Gerhard Hartmann (TH Köln), and Åsa Cajander (Uppsala University).

Education
Employments
Research
Education

2012 – ongoing
PhD in Human-Computer Interaction
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

2012 – 2016
Licentiate of Engineering in Human-Computer Interaction 
(Teknologie licentiatexamen)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

2008 – 2010
Master of Science in Media Informatics
TH Köln University of Applied Sciences, Germany

2005 – 2008
Bachelor of Science in Media Informatics
TH Köln University of Applied Sciences, Germany

2004 – 2005
Advanced Technical Certificate
Vocational College, Cologne, Germany

1996 – 1999
Doctor’s assistant
Vocational School, Meppen, Germany

Employments

2008 – ongoing
Research assistant in Media Informatics
Programme Coordinator Web Science
TH Köln University of Applied Sciences, Germany

2007 – 2008
Student assistant in Media Informatics
TH Köln University of Applied Sciences, Germany

1999 – 2004
Doctor’s assistant
Dr. med. Middelberg, Urologist in Meppen, Germany

1996 – 1999
Trainee as a Doctor’s assistant
Dr. med. Wegener, General Practitioner in Lengerich, Germany

Research

I am a member of the following research groups:

DOME Consortium
DOME (Development of Online Medical Records and E-health services) is a collaborative consortium between Karlstad University, Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, University of Lund, University of Skövde, Uppsala University, and Örebro University. The purpose of the DOME consortium is to build knowledge about the development and use of eHealth services and is based on studies of e-health projects.

Health, Technology & Organisation (HTO)
HTO (Health, Technology & Organisation) is a research group with members from Uppsala University, Reykjavik University, KTH and TH Köln. We study the relationships and dynamics of Health, Technology, and Organisation with the goal of creating knowledge that support sustainable development and utilization of ICT.

Digitalisation and the Effect on the Work Environment of Nurses (DISA)
DISA is a research project which investigates the question, how digitalisation has affected the work environment of nurses, including health and well-being, control over the work situation, effects on operational quality, and communication with patients and others stakeholders. The project started in October 2016 and investigates the aforementioned areas from a socio-technical and gender perspective. The project team is multidisciplinary and includes members from the DOME consortium. The project is done in collaboration with the county council in Uppsala, and especially the EPJ division and is funded by Forte.

Teaching
Professional Activities
Supervision
Teaching

As a research assistant I teach in the bachelor programme Media Informatics:

  • Introduction to Media Informatics
    since 2010, each winter term
    in conjunction with Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hartmann

In addition I supervise students as a mentor:

  • Practical Project Seminar
    since 2010, each semester
  • General Course Guidance
    since 2008, programmes: Media Informatics and Web Science

I am contracted as a lecturer in the master programme Web Science:

  • Research Methods
    (since 2017, summer term)
  • Master Thesis Seminar
    (since 2016, summer and winter term)

Previous teaching assignments in Media Informatics (in conjunction with Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hartmann):

  • Human-Computer Interaction
    (2010-2015, summer term)
  • “Measuring” User Experience
    (2010-2011, winter term, optional course)
  • Human Centered Design and Design Thinking
    (2010-2011, summer term, optional course)
  • Design for User Experience
    (2012, 2014, winter term, optional course)
  • Development Project Interactive Systems
    (2008 – 2009, winter and summer term)

Previous teaching assignments in Web Science:

  • Media Psychology
    (2013-2016, summer term)

Previous contracts as assistant lecturer in the master programme Business Informatics:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
    (2012-2014, summer term, with Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hartmann)
  • Multimedia Information Systems
    (2011-2013, winter term, with Prof. Dr. Kristian Fischer)
Professional Activities

Peer Review Activities

Event Organization

  • Uppsala Health Summit, 2018
    Workshop on the use of existing data in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer; organised together with Åsa Cajander and Jonas Moll.
  • World Usability Day in Cologne, 2010 – 2016
  • Girls’ Day at TH Köln, 2009 – 2014

    Nation-wide career orientation project for female students of 10 years upwards, which aims to change the attitude regarding occupations that may be seen as rather male-dominated.

University Activities

  • Member of the programme board Web Science — since its establishment in July 2009
  • Member of appointments committee „Informatics: Computer Graphics“ — 2013/14
  • Member of appointments committee „Informatics: Sociotechnical Systems“ — 2013/14
  • Member of committee for the development and design of a new master programme — 2009-2011
    The programme Web Science was accredited in 2011 by AQAS and has been offered since winter term 2011.

Professional development

Socia Media Activities

I am contributing and administrating several university and research accounts on social media, as well as being active on social media with my personal accounts:

Supervision

For the following master theses in Web Science, I was the assistant supervisor:

  • Georg Schröder
: Designing Worth in a Connected World: A Conceptual Approach for Participatory Design with a Focus on Values (2017)
  • Adeteju Enunwa
: Determinants and Success Factors that Influence the User Adoption of Mobile Payments in Germany (2017)
  • Lisa Kampert: 
A Conceptual UX Design Approach for Interactive Systems with Focus on Cross-Devise Use (2017)
  • Jörn Werner
: Conceptualisation and Assessment of a Mobile Public Communication Support System in Emergency Situations (2017)
  • Aylin Boecker
: Regulations for Multi-Sided Platforms in the Sharing Economy – Conceptualisation of a Framework With Regard to Regulations for IT-Enabled Business Models on the Example of Airbnb in Cologne (2016)
  • Justin Cann
: A Worth-Centred Design Approach for a Mobile Browsing Experience for the Visually Impaired (2016)
  • Xiao Zhu
: Conceptualisation and Realisation of a performance management process applied to a product marketing web site (2015)
  • Juan Wang
: Enterprise Social Network Systems: Interaction Design for Effective Collaboration and Group Awareness (2015)
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