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• 1989 born in Osnabrück
• 2009-2012 apprenticeship as Media Clerk Digital and Print at Sutter LOCAL MEDIA
• 2012 Employee in product management/support at Sutter LOCAL MEDIA
• 2012-2018 studies of Media Management at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research (IJK), Hanover, Germany.
• 2013-2018 Student Assistant at the equal opportunities office of the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media
• 2013 Internship in strategic planning at ZDFneo
• 2014 Internship at the Nature Volunteers Association (NGO) in Sri Lanka
• 2015 Semester abroad at the Universidade Católica do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
• 2018 Tutor for the seminar "Introduction to communication research and scientific work" at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research
• 2019-2020 Trainee at the Madsack Media Group
• 2020-2021 Product Manager at RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland
• Since December 2021 Research Assistant at the IJK

• Health communication
• Reception and entertainment research
• Social identity and media use

• Research Associate in the externally funded project "Sicherheitsintegrierte und infektionsreaktive Implantate (SIIRI)" [Safety-integrated and infection-reactive implants]
• Research Associate in the externally funded project "Agile Bio-inspirierte Architekturen (ABA)"
• Erasmus coordinator
• Member of International Communication Association (ICA)
• Member of European Communication Research and Education Association (ecrea)
• Member of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK, German Communication Association)
• Member of KommunikationsKultur e. V. (KKeV, alumni association "communication culture")

2025

Schrimpff, C., Fisse, T., Link, E., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2025). Identifying uncertainty-specific health information seeking practices in orthopaedic implant patient journeys: Findings of a qualitative interview study. European Journal of Health Communication, 6(1), 83-107. doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2025.104

Schrimpff, C., Link, E., Fisse, T., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2025). Mental models of smart implant technology: A topic modeling approach to the role of initial information and labeling. Health Communication, 1-13. doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2447548

2024

Link, E., Baumann, E., Schrimpff, C., Fisse, T. & Klimmt, C. (2024). What drives or inhibits individuals’ intention to seek information about medical innovations? Findings from an online survey among German residents. Science Communication, Article 10755470241253815. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1177/10755470241253815

Naderer, B., Fisse, T. & Schrimpff, C. (2024). On the (in)effectiveness of textual disclosures on expectancies, attitudes, and perceived appropriateness of alcohol. Psychology & Health. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2024.2352064

2023

Fisse, T., Link, E., Schrimpff, C., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2023). Health information repertoires of implant patients: Toward a deeper understanding of multiple source use and the role of health-related motives. Health Communication. Advance online publication, 1–15. doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2258597

Schrimpff, C., Link., E., Fisse, T., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2023). Communication matters when it comes to adverse events: Associations of adverse events during implant treatment with patients’ communication quality and trust assessments. Patient education and counseling, 107675, doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107675

2019

Fisse, T., Link, E., Schlütz, D. & Reich, S. (2019). Powerfrau und Vorbild? Die Wirkung differenzierter Seriencharaktere auf das Selbstkonzept und die Zukunftsvorstellungen von Rezipientinnen [Power woman and good example? The effect of differentiated serial characters on female recipients' self concept and vision of the future]. Publizistik, 64(4), 427-445. doi.org/10.1007/s11616-019-00534-x

2024

Fisse, T., Schrimpff, C., Link, E., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2024, November). Situational health information seeking behaviors for uncertainty management: Results from a longitudinal weekly study of Implant patients. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Division, November 20-22, 2024, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Schrimpff, C., Fisse, T., Link, E., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2024, November). Mental models of smart implant technology: A mixed-methods approach to the role of labeling. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Division, November 20-22, 2024, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Fisse, T., Schrimpff, C., Link, E., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2024, September). Social support through shared experiences: An exploratory analysis of various manifestations, reasons, and outcomes of implant patients interacting with affected others. Paper presented at the 10th European Communication Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), September 24-27, 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Schrimpff, C., Fisse, T., Link, E., Baumann, E., & Klimmt, C. (2024, September). Identifying situational health information seeking patterns for uncertainty management in orthopedic implant patient journeys. Paper presented at the 10th European Communication Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), September 24-27, 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Schrimpff, C., Fisse, T., Link, E., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2024, January). Lay experts’ mental models of smart implant technology in medicine: A qualitative exploration of the role of initial information, labels, and information needs. Paper presented at the 2nd International SIIRI Symposiums, January 24-25, 2024, Hanover.

2023

Fisse, T., Schrimpff, C., Link, E., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2023, November). Identifying situational HISB patterns for uncertainty management in Cochlear implant patient journeys. Paper presented at the European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC), November 15-17, 2023, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Schrimpff, C., Fisse, T., Rosset, M. & Baumann, E. (2023, November). Clinical AI applications in the context of cancer: Explaining openness to information and consent to use through risk perceptions and efficacy beliefs. Paper presented at the European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC), November 15-17, 2023, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Fisse, T., Link, E., Schrimpff, C., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2023, May). Information repertoires of patients: Toward a deeper understanding of multiple source use and health-related motives. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, 2023, Toronto, Canada.

Link, E., Schrimpff, C., Fisse, T., Baumann, E. & Klimmt, C. (2023, September). Predictors of interest in science communication using medical innovations as an example. Paper presented at the Conference of the journalism and science communication division of the DGPuK, September 20-22, 2023, Passau.

Naderer, B., Fisse, T. & Schrimpff, C. (2023, May). Alcohol is bad for me: So what. On the (in)effectiveness of textual disclosures on expectations, attitudes, and perceived appropriateness of alcohol. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, 2023, Toronto, Canada.

2019

Fisse, T., Schlütz, D. & Link, E. (2019, May). Power woman or role model? The effect of counter-stereotypical characters on female recipients' future goals. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, May 24-28, 2019, Washington, D.C., USA.

Fisse, T., Link, E. & Schlütz, D. (2019, May). Powerfrau und Vorbild? Die Wirkung anti-stereotypischer Seriencharaktere auf die Zukunftsvorstellungen von Rezipientinnen [Power woman and role model? The effect of anti-stereotypic personae in TV series on the futuristic vision of female recipients]. Paper presented at the 64th Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication, May 9-11, 2019, Münster.

2014

Schlütz, D., Fritzen, B. & Fisse, T. (2014, June). Sexualisierte Gewalt an der Hochschule: Genderspezifische Einstellungen und Meinungen [Sexualized violence in higher education: Gender-specific attitudes and opinions]. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Higher Education on "Taboos in Higher Education", June 25-27, 2014, Dortmund.