Jasmin Dönicke
Jasmin Dönicke
Understanding health, beyond the individual.
My research connects people’s lives, the contexts they live in, and the methods we use to understand them.
Research Associate · Department of Medical Statistics ·
University Medical Center Göttingen

Great Hall (Aula) · Georg-August University of Göttingen
01 / WHAT IS POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCE?
Medicine
Clinical knowledge, patient care
Public health
Prevention, policy, communities
Biostatistics
Methods, estimation, uncertainty
Epidemiology
Patterns, determinants, distribution
Population health science
Medicine
How can we diagnose, treat, and care for this patient?
Public health
How can we prevent disease and protect communities?
Epidemiology
On a population level, who experiences which health outcomes, when, and why?
Biostatistics
How can we estimate patterns, effects, and uncertainty reliably?
Population health science
Bringing these perspectives together to understand population-level patterns, determinants, and inequalities in health. And inform ways to improve them.
02 / MY RESEARCH AREAS
01 / GLOBAL HEALTH
Global Health & Disease Burden
Investigating patterns of disease, injury, and health risks across populations worldwide.
02 / MENTAL HEALTH
Mental Health & Well-being
Exploring the social and economic dimensions of mental health and well-being across countries.
03 / DEVELOPMENT
Developmental & Behavioral Science
Understanding psychological development, mental health in youth, and behavior in social and digital environments.
03 / COLLABORATION ATLAS
A global collaboration network
I have the privilege of working with incredible researchers around the world. Each dot represents a collaborator, colored by research project. Larger dots indicate more collaborations. Click a person or a region to explore our shared work.
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04 / TIMELINE
EDUCATION & WORK
2026 – present
Biostatistician / Epidemiologist
University Medical Center Göttingen
2025 – present
M.Sc. Epidemiology
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
2022 – 2025
M.Sc. Clinical Psychology
Georg August University of Göttingen
2019 – 2022
B.Sc. Psychology
Georg August University of Göttingen
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Risk factors associated with longitudinal trajectories of mania symptoms in youth
Development and Psychopathology, 2026
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Global mental wealth: A multidimensional analysis of social, financial, and emotional well-being in 92 countries
Preprint, 2026
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Global, regional, and national burden of exposure to chewing tobacco, 1990–2023
The Lancet Global Health, 2026
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A Multi-Lab Investigation of Neonatal and Early Imitation
Registered Report, 2026
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People in 26 countries prefer individual control to commercial or governmental control over online choice architectures
Preprint, 2026
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