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• 1992 born in Westerstede
• 2012-2015 Apprenticeship as audiovisual media clerk at TVN MEDIA PROFESSIONALS GmbH, Hanover
• 2015-2016 Production assistant at TVN CORPORATE MEDIA GmbH & Co. KG, Hanover
• 2016-2021 Bachelor's degree in Communication Science and Master's degree in Health Communication at the University of Erfurt
• 2018 Internship in the field of artist placement at Konzertdirektion Schmid, Hannover
• 2018 Internship in the field of corporate communications at FleishmanHillard Germany GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
• 2020 Internship in the field of infection protection and epidemiology at the Lower Saxony State Health Office, Hanover
• 2021 Research Assistant in the COSMO project of the University of Erfurt
• Since July 2021 Research Assistant at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research

• Health communication (including acceptance and effects of digital information offerings; competencies in the context of online information behavior and media use)
• Strategic communication

• Member of the International Communication Association (ICA), the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and the German Society of Mass Communication (DGPuK)
• Research Assistant in the third-party funded projects „DigiCare“, „Krebsprävention im Dialog“ (cancer information service) and „OnkoRiskNET“ (Medical University of Hanover)

2025

Link, E. & Memenga, P. (2025). Physician’s seeking behaviours for health information services for their patients: Insights from an online survey of German physicians. European Journal of Health Communication, 6(1), 120-143. doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2025.106

Memenga, P. & Link, E. (2025). Perceived autonomy and competence support through physicians’ digital provision of health information. European Journal of Health Communication, 6(1), 108-119. doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2025.105

2024

Link, E., Scheper, J. & Memenga, P. (2024). Would you mind sharing your opinion about the Covid-19 vaccination? Explaining opinion expression as a form of information sharing. European Journal of Health Communication, 5(1), 1-20. doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2024.101

Luetke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., Weber, W., Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Geulen, J., Klein, S., Müller, A., Hahne, A. & Weg-Remers, S. (2024). Digital clinical empathy in a live chat: multiple findings from a formative qualitative study and usability tests. BMC Health Services Research, 24, 314. doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10785-8

Memenga, P. & Link, E. (2024). Patients’ intentions to use a physician-provided digital health information service: Findings from an online survey with a stratified German sample. European Journal of Health Communication, 5(2), 1-22. doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2024.201

2023

Link, E. & Memenga, P. (2023). Digitale, personalisierte Gesundheitsinformationsangebote von Ärzt*innen: Ergebnisse einer Befragung von Patient*innen und Ärzt*innen zu Akzeptanz und Anforderungen [Digital, personalized health information services from physicians: Results of a survey of patients and physicians on acceptance and requirements]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 66, 982-989. doi.org/10.1007/s00103-023-03750-z

Luetke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., Berg, A., Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Weber, W., Geulen, J., Müller, A., Hahne, A. & Weg-Remers, S. (2023). Understanding trust determinants in a live chat service on familial cancer: Qualitative triangulation study with focus groups and interviews in Germany. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e44707. doi.org/10.2196/44707

Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Luetke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., Geulen, J., Weber, W., Hahne, A., Müller, A. & Weg-Remers, S. (2023). Intentions of patients with cancer and their relatives to use a live chat on familial cancer risk: Results from a cross-sectional web-based survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e45198. doi.org/10.2196/45198

Memenga, P., Scheper, J. & Link, E. (2023). Informationsweitergabe zur COVID-19-Impfung: Quantitative Online-Befragung zu Akteuren, Inhalten, Quellen und Motiven [Information dissemination on COVID-19 vaccination: Quantitative online survey on actors, content, sources, and motives]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz, 66, 423-431. doi.org/10.1007/s00103-023-03677-5

2022

Memenga, P., Eitze, S., Shamsrizi, P., Addo, M. M. & Betsch, C. (2022). Debunking misinformation and communicating critical events in vaccine trials: Experimental evidence on vaccination intentions in SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. European Journal of Health Communication, 3(2), 64–96. doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2022.204

Memenga, P., Posselt, J., Link, E. & Baumann, E. (2022). Kompetent und informierter?! Der Zusammenhang von (digitaler) Gesundheitskompetenz und Gesundheitsinformationshandeln [Competent and more informed?! The connection between (digital) health literacy and health information action]. In J. Vogelgesang, N. Ströbele-Benschop, M. Schäfer & D. Reifegerste (Eds.), Gesundheitskommunikation in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation 2021 [Health communication in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: Contributions to the Annual Meeting of the Division of Health Communication 2021] (pp. 1-11). doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.84522

Tecklenburg, J., Vajen, B., Morlot, S., Anders, P., Memenga, P., Link, E., Baumann, E., Wölffling, S., Schröck, E., Bergmann, A. K. & Schlegelberger, B. (2022). OnkoRiskNET: a multicenter, interdisciplinary, telemedicine-based model to improve care for patients with a genetic tumor risk syndrome. BMC Health Services Research, 22, 805. doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08172-2

2021

Betsch, C., Sprengholz, P., Siegers, R., Eitze, S., Korn, L., Goldhahn, L., Schmitz, J., Giesler, P., Knauer, G. & Jenny, M. (2021). Empirical evidence to understand the human factor for effective rapid testing against SARS-CoV2. PNAS, 118(32) e2107179118. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107179118

2025

Gscheidle, S., Arnold, M., Vajen, B., Scholz, C., Landgraf, C., Anders, P., Winterfeld, S., Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Wölffling, S., Böthig, J., Schröck, E., Schlegelberger, B., Tecklenburg, J. & Bergmann, A. K. (2025, March 24-25). Erfolgreiche humangenetische Beratung per Video? Gesundheitsökonomische Analyse und Abschlussergebnisse der OnkoRiskNET-Studie [Successful human genetic counseling via video? Health economic analysis and final results of the OnkoRiskNET study]. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the dggö, Paderborn.

2024

Beckmann, A., Memenga, P. & Link, E. (2024, November). Linking health resources and health outcomes through information seeking: A quantitative survey of German patients with heart failure. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Division, November 20-22, 2024, Zurich, Switzerland.

Arnold, M., Gscheidle, S., Vajen, B., Scholz, C., Landgraf, C., Anders, P., Winterfeld, S., Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Wölffling, S., Böthig, J., Schröck, E., Schlegelberger, B., Tecklenburg, J. & Bergmann, A. K. (2024, July). Can genetic counseling successfully be offered via video? First results from the OnkoRiskNET intervention. Paper presented at the EuHEA conference, June 30 to July 3, 2024, Vienna, Austria.

Vajen, B., Memenga, P., Tecklenburg, J., Scholz, C., Anders, P., Winterfeld, S., Schlegelberger, B., Bergmann, A. K., Baumann, E., Morlot, S. & Landgraf, C. (2024, June). Evaluation of a self-test to screen for tumor risk syndromes revealed a good comprehensibility for laypersons and a high positive predictive value. Poster presented at the ESHG, June 1-4, 2024, Berlin.

Gscheidle, S., Arnold, M., Vajen, B., Scholz, C., Landgraf, C., Anders, P., Winterfeld, S., Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Wölffling, S., Böthig, J., Schröck, E., Schlegelberger, B., Tecklenburg, J. & Bergmann, A. K. (2024, March). Wie kann die humangenetische Beratung durch Telemedizin besser organisiert werden? Eine Analyse des Zeiteinsatzes in der humangenetischen Beratung innerhalb des OnkoRiskNET-Projekts [How can human genetic counseling be better organized through telemedicine? An analysis of the use of time in human genetic counseling within the OnkoRiskNET project]. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the dggö, March 4-5, 2024, Halle (Saale).

Tecklenburg, J., Vajen, B., Scholz, C., Landgraf, C., Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Wölffling, S., Böthig, J., Schröck, E., Dubois, C., Gscheidle, S., Bergmann, A. K. & Schlegelberger, B. (2024, February). OnkoRiskNET: A multicenter, interdisciplinary, telemedicine-based model to improve care for patients with a genetic tumor risk syndrome. Poster presented at the 36th German Cancer Congress (DKK), February 21-24, 2024, Berlin.

2023

Luetke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., Weber, W., Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Geulen, J., Klein, S., Hahne, A., Müller, A., Weg-Remers, S. (2023, November). Empathy in flux: Understanding empathetic communication in a cancer live chat. Paper presented at the European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC), November 15-17, 2023, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Link, E., Luetke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., Weber, W., Geulen, J., Hahne, A., Müller, A. & Weg-Remers, S. (2023, November). Understanding cancer information repertoires of patients and relatives. Short paper presented at the European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC), November 15-17, 2023, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Memenga, P. & Link, E. (November, 2023). Supporting patients’ self-determination through physicians’ provision of a digital health information service. Short paper presented at the European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC), November 15-17, 2023, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Memenga, P. & Link, E. (2023, May). Rethinking physician-patient communication: Physicians’ acceptance of a digital health information service. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, 2023, Toronto, Canada.

2022

Link, E. & Memenga, P. (2022, November). Auf dem Weg zur digitalen Transformation der ärztlichen Informationsbereitstellung: Förderung der Selbstverantwortung von Patient*innen durch digitale Informationsangebote [On the way to digital transformation of medical information availability: Promoting patient self-responsibility through digital information services]. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication’s Expert Group Health Communication, November 16-18, 2022, Bielefeld.

Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Lütke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., Geulen, J., Weber, W., Hahne, A., Müller, A. & Weg-Remers, S. (2022, November). Krebsprävention im Dialog – Prädiktoren der Nutzungsintention eines Live-Chats zur risikoadaptierten Krebsprävention und -früherkennung [Cancer prevention in dialogue - Predictors of intention to use a live chat for risk-adapted cancer prevention and early diagnosis]. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication’s Expert Group Health Communication, November 16-18, 2022, Bielefeld.

Lütke Lanfer, H., Reifegerste, D., Memenga, P., Baumann, E., Geulen, J., Weber, W., Weg-Remers, S., Hahne, A. & Müller, A. (2022, October). In dialogue about cancer prevention: Introducing a project on developing a live chat on familial cancer risk. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Cancer Prevention (CCP), October 26-27, 2022, Heidelberg.

Memenga, P. & Link, E. (2022, October). Predictors of patients’ intentions to use a physician-provided digital health information service: Extending the UTAUT2 by informational social norms and eHealth literacy. Paper presented at the 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), October 19-22, 2022, Aarhus, Denmark.

Scheper, J., Link, E. & Giesler, P. (2022, May). Would you mind sharing your opinion about the COVID-19 vaccination? Explaining opinion expression as form of information sharing. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 26-30, 2022, Paris, France.

2021

Giesler, P., Eitze, S., Shamsrizi, P., Addo, M.M. & Betsch, C. (2021, November). Guter Impfstoff - schlechte Kommunikation: Der Einfluss von unerwünschten Vorfällen bei AstraZeneca-Impfstudien auf das Vertrauen, die Impfbereitschaft und die Teilnahmebereitschaft [Good vaccine - poor communication: The impact of adverse events in AstraZeneca vaccination trials on trust, vaccination readiness, and willingness to participate]. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication’s Expert Group Health Communication, November 17-19, 2021, Hohenheim [digitally].

Posselt, J., Giesler, P., Link, E. & Baumann, E. (2021, November). Kompetent und informierter?! Das Zusammenwirken von (digitaler) Gesundheitskompetenz und Gesundheitsinformationshandeln [Competent and more informed?! The interaction of (digital) health literacy and health information action]. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication’s Expert Group Health Communication, November 17-19, 2021, Hohenheim [digitally].