Jana Purnhagen
GW1, room B2215
Phone: +49 421 218-68829
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Research interests
Jana Purnhagen studied public health, prevention and health promotion. During her studies, she focused on gender-sensitive health science research, addiction and drug research, and the concept of empowerment through co-productive collaboration with people who have experience with psychiatry within the healthcare system. As a research assistant, she deals with health-promoting urban development, environmental justice, and transdisciplinary research approaches.
Researcher of the Department of Social Epidemiology
Professional Career
Since 2026
Researcher at the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Germany
2021
Student assistant to the decentralized women's representative of Department 11: Human and Health Sciences, University of Bremen
2019 - 2020
Student assistant in the joint project DRUSEC – Drugs and Urban Security, University of Bremen
Academic Career
2022 - 2025
Master Public Health – Health promotion and prevention, University of Bremen
2019 - 2022
Bachelor Public Health / Health Sciences, University of Bremen
InnovationsCommunity Urban Health − LebensWelt-Expert:innen (ICUH-LWE)
Research team: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte (Projektleitung); Jana Purnhagen
Publications
Journal Articles reviewed
Gassen T, Bethke H, Gross A, Goltz S, Purnhagen J, Schmidt-Semisch H, Schüz B. Auf der Arbeit schmeckt es immer – Gründe für das Rauchen von Pflegefachkräften im Krankenhaus: Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Studie. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung, 1–7. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-025-01240-5