Dr. Julia Roick

About Dr. Julia Roick

Julia Roick studied sociology and psychology at the University of Leipzig, where she received her doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine in 2020. During her doctoral studies, she was a research associate at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy and at the Institute for Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology at the University of Leipzig, as well as at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences in the Department of Economics. Before joining TUM, Julia Roick worked at the Institute for Medical Sociology at the Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg for 6 years.

Research Profile

• Social determinants of health
• Describing and explaining health inequalities among people with cancer
• Social participation and (re)integration after cancer
• Methods of empirical social research
• Prevention and health care research
• Teaching-learning research

Lectures

• Seminar “Planing and managing research projects in Diversity, Inequality, and Health”, TU Munich, TUM School of Medicine and Health
• Seminar “Conducting research in Diversity, Inequality, and Health”, TU Munich, TUM School of Medicine and Health
• Lecture “Social determinants of prevention and medical care” in the module Prevention and Protective Factors, TU Munich, TUM School of Medicine and Health
• Seminar in the module Health & Society, TU Munich, TUM School of Medicine and Health
• Lecture “Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Testing, Probability Calculation” in the module Scientific Work for School Sports, TU Munich, TUM School of Medicine and Health
• Seminar Doctor-Patient Interaction as well as integrated Seminars with Clinicians, course of studies in Human Medicine at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• Course Medical Sociology, course of studies in Human Medicine at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• Cross-sectional area 3: Health economics, public health and public health care, course of studies in Human Medicine at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• Module Key Competencies: Behavior & Personality, Bachelor's program in Economic Sciences at Merseburg University of Applied Science

Curriculum Vitae

• Since 2022:
  Research associate at the Chair of Social Determinants of Health, TUM School of Medicine and Health, TU Munich

• Since 2020:
  Part-time studies of Psychology (M.Sc.) at the FernUniversität in Hagen

• 2016 - 2022:
  Research associate at the Institute of Medical Sociology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany

• 2015 - 2020:
  Doctorate (Dr. rer. med.) at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig (dissertation topic: Social inequality in cancers: Quality of life, causal attributions and time of diagnosis)

• 2011 - 2020:
  Part-time studies of Psychology at the FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany, degree: Bachelor of Science (Topic of the thesis: Control beliefs as mediators between education and quality of life in patients with breast, prostate, colorectal and lung cancer)

• 2015 - 2016:
  Research assistant at the Department of Behavioral Sciences, Key Qualifications and Development of Competencies, Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

• 2012 - 2015:
  Research associate at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig

• 2012 - 2013:
  Research associate at the Institute for Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig

• 2010 - 2012:
  Student assistant at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig

• 2005 - 2012:
  Studies of Sociology with minor in Psychology at the University of Leipzig and Karlstad (Sweden), degree: diploma (Topic of the thesis: Social capital and quality of life. A quantitative study on the influence of social capital on the quality of life of chronically ill patients using the example of laryngectomy)

• 2011:
  Student assistant at the Institute of Sociology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg

• 2009:
  Student assistant at the Institute for Sexual Research and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Hamburg

Awards

• Project Award by the Student Council of the Medical Faculty of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg with the project „RITA - Durch Richtige Taktung Lernstress bezwingen“

Reviewing for trade journals

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, BMC Cancer, BMC Oral Health, BMC Psychology, BMC Womens Health, Ear, Nose & Throat, European Journal of Oncology Nursing, Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Public Health, Head & Neck, Health Science Reports, HNO, International Journal of Educational Research, International Journal of Oncology Research, Journal of Cancer Survivorship, Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, Journal of Public Health Research, Journal of Symptom and Pain Management, Learning and Individual Differences, Mathematics Education Research Journal, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Scientific Reports, Stress and Health, Supportive Care in Cancer

Publications

(Selected) Publications

 

Articles and Book chapters:

Roick J,  Esser P, Hornemann B, Ernst J (2024). Control beliefs as mediators between education and quality of life in patients with breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung cancer: a large register based study. BMC Psychol 12, 382.

Roick J  & Richter M (2024). Social determinants of health and health care. WSI-Mitteilungen, 77 (3), 180-185.

Roick J (2024). Lebensqualität bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Zeitschrift für Herz-, Thorax-und Gefäßchirurgie, 38 (1), 69-73.

Roick J, Poethke P, Richter M (2023). Learners’ characteristics and the mastery of digital education during the COVID-19 pandemic in students of a medical faculty in Germany. BMC Medical Education, 23(1), 1-9.

Roick J, Danker H, Kersting A, Dietrich A, Dietz, A, Papsdorf K, Meixensberger J, Stolzenburg JU, Wirtz H, Singer S (2022) Predictors of psychiatric co-morbidity in cancer patients at the time of their discharge from the hospital. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 57(3):553-561.

Roick J, Dietz A, Koscielny S, Pabst F, Breitenstein K, Oeken, Schock EJ, Boehm A, Winter I, Büntzel J, Müller A, Plontke SK, Herzog M, Singer S (2022) Course of social support and associations with distress after partial laryngectomy. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 40(3): 366-379.

Roick J & Schepper F (2021) Social participation of children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer. Participation is not enough, but it matters a lot. Der Onkologe 27(5): 492-496.

Roick J, Berner R, Bernig T, Erdlenbruch B, Escherich G, Faber J, Klein C, Bochennek K, Kratz C, Kühr J, Längler A, Lode HN, Metzler M, Müller H, Reinhardt D, Sauerbrey A, Schepper F, Scheurlen W, Schneider D, Schwabe GC, Richter M  (2020). Social inequalities in the participation and activity of children and adolescents with leukemia, brain tumors, and sarcomas (SUPATEEN): a protocol for a multicenter longitudinal prospective observational study. BMC Pediatric 20(1):48.

Roick J, Danker H, Dietz A, Papsdorf K, Singer S (2020). Predictors of changes in quality of life in head and neck cancer patients: a prospective study over a 6-month period. European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology 277(2):559-567.

Roick J, Esser P, Hornemann B, Mehnert A, Ernst J (2020) Why Me? - Causal attributions and their relation to socio-economic status and stigmatization in breast, colon, prostate and lung cancer patients. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie 70(1):22-31.

The complete list of publications can be viewed at the following link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jf30LnYAAAAJ&hl=de