Stakeholder Group: Youth

📢 Student Assistant Position at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) – May 2025 to February 2026

The Department of HIV/AIDS and other sexually or blood-borne infections at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is looking for a student assistant to support two public health research projects:

DRUCK-Surv: Surveillance of drug use and chronic infectious diseases

DRUCK-Haft: Research on drugs, chronic infections, and social determinants of health among incarcerated individuals

🗓 Start Date: May 2025
🗓 End Date: February 2026
💼 Working Hours: 40 hours/month (approx. 10 hrs/week)
📍 Location: RKI, Seestraße 10, 13353 Berlin

🔧 Tasks Include:
- Supporting the preparation and dispatch of study materials
- Assisting with on-site data collection in Bremen correctional facilities (availability on 1–3 weekends required, including translation support)
- Data entry and validation
- Helping organize a major closing event
- Conducting literature searches and maintaining literature databases

🗣 Requirements:
- Turkish or Arabic language skills
- Enrolled student interested in epidemiology or public health
- Reliable, organized, and motivated to work in real-world research environments

🌟 What’s Offered:
- Practical experience in two applied epidemiological studies
- Hands-on involvement in field research within correctional settings
- Insight into infectious disease surveillance and public health

🔗 More about the projects:
www.rki.de/druck-surv
www.rki.de/DRUCKHAFT

📩 Interested?
Email your application or questions to:

Dr. Ida Sperle-Heupel – Sperle-HeupelI@rki.de | ☎️ 030 18754 3473

Renke Biallas – BiallasR@rki.de | ☎️ 030 18754 3351

👉 Great opportunity to engage in impactful health research with a focus on marginalized populations!