Ines Lein

Research Coordinator Science Communication, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin

Ines Lein is a scientific research coordinator in the science communication unit at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin. Before that, she worked as a research coordinator at the Harding Center for Risk Literacy for seven years. For the Harding Center, she oversaw the projects FORECEE, RisikoAtlas and Understanding Drone Risks. She holds a PhD in physical chemistry.

 

Career history

  • Research coordinator for the Harding Center at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, and at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Potsdam
  • Laboratory coordinator, School of Communication, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA
  • Manager of the EU infrastructure project EUPRIM-Net at the German Primate Center, Göttingen
  • Public Relations Officer, Laser Laboratory, Göttingen
  • Scientific coordinator, NanoBiophotonics (Stefan Hell), Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
  • Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Flow Research (now MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization), Göttingen

 

Publications written at the Harding Center

Jenny, M., & Lein, I. (2020). Der „Schnelltest Risikokompetenz" - Die Lücke in der medizinischen Aus- und Weiterbildung. MTA-Dialog, 21(6), 466-469.

Lein, I., & Jenny, M. (2020). Risikokommunikation bei der Krebsfrüherkennung - Risiken und Unsicherheiten erkennen und kommunizieren. MTA Dialog, 21(2), 94-99. doi:10.3238/MTADIALOG.2020.0094.

Schirren, C., Lein, I., Diel, F., & Jenny, M. (2019). Zahlen können Verwirrung stiften. Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 116(38), A1642–A1646, A5.

Rebitschek, F. G., Reisel, D., Lein, I., & Wegwarth, O. (2019). Epigenetic risk assessment of female cancers: Women's information needs and attitudes. Public Health Genomics, 22(1-2), 46–57. doi:10.1159/000501975.

Wegwarth, O., Widschwendter, M., Cibula, D., Sundström, K., Portuesi, R., Lein, I., Rebitschek, F. G., & FORECEE (4C) Consortium. (2018). What do European women know about their female cancer risks and cancer screening? A cross-sectional online intervention survey in five European countries. BMJ Open, 8:e023789. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023789.