Lena Kraft, M. A.

research associate

Research focus Health Economics and Health Policy

Phone: +49 511-532-6826

University education

10/2021 - 10/2023
Master's program for M. A. in Public Health
University of Bremen
Title of the Master's thesis:
Evidence-based treatment decisions in endometriosis: Analysis of information services for patients, current state of evidence and resulting research needs

10/2016 - 02/2020
Bachelor's degree program B. Sc. in Health Economics and Health Policy
Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Title of the Bachelor's thesis:
Health apps in the promotion of physical activity and prevention of obesity and comorbidities: Effectiveness and barriers of health apps and effectiveness of prevention of obesity-associated comorbidities and secondary diseases

Professional career

since 03/2024
Research Associate
Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research, Hannover Medical School
Research focus Health Economics and Health Policy

11/2020 - 10/2023
Working student
AstraZeneca, Department Patient Safety and Quality

04/2020-10/2020 Intern
AstraZeneca, Governmental Affairs & Patient Affairs Department

10/2029 - 04/2020
Research Assistant
Xcenda

04/2019 - 08/2019
Student assistant
Fulda University of Applied Sciences

10/2017 - 03/2018
Student assistant
Fulda University of Applied Sciences

Project

Benefits and Acceptance of Digital Health (NADI): International experiences, options for action and patient preferences

Book chapter

Kraft L, Brecher A-L, Sgraja S, Amelung VE (2025). Germany: Integrated Care as a Competitive Strategy for Health Insurance Companies. In: Amelung V, Stein V, Suter E, Goodwin N, Balicer R, Beese AS. (eds) Handbook of Integrated Care. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25376-8_115-1

Journal articles

Scheuer A, Brecher A-L, Kraft L, Amelung VE (2025). Saudi Arabia: A country rebuilds. Healthcare in the fast lane? Health and Social Policy (G&S), S29-34. doi.org/10.5771/1611-5821-2024-6-29

Abstracts

Kraft L, Brecher AL, Amelung VE (2025). International case studies on tipping points in the digital transformation of healthcare systems. In: Lahmann, Nils, Sandra Strube-Lahmann, Steffen Dißmann, Nicole Freitag, Alina Unkart, Susan Vorwerg-Gall, and Pflegepraxiszentrum Berlin (eds.). Conference proceedings of the seventh Cluster Conference 2025, p. 78, Berlin. March 11-12, 2025.

Brecher AL, Kraft L, Sgraja S, Amelung VE (2024). International case studies on success and failure factors in the implementation and use of digital health tools. Healthcare 2024; 86(S 05): 314-315. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1794308.

Kraft L, Brecher AL, Sgraja S, Amelung VE (2024.) Digital health tools in international comparison: case studies on success and failure factors for implementation and use. Health - together. Cooperation conference of the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS), German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP), German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi), German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS) and the German Society for Public Health (DGPH). Dresden, 08-13.09.2024. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2024. docAbstr. 496. doi: 10.3205/24gmds799

Kraft L, Brecher A-L, Sgraja S, Amelung VE (2024). International case studies: success and failure factors for digital transformation in healthcare. European Journal of Public Health. 2024; 34(Suppl 3). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1193