Jana Niemann

JI studied health sciences and European public health at the universities of Neubrandenburg and Carinthia, as well as at Bielefeld University.

I am currently pursuing my doctorate at Charité on experiences with taking and stopping the contraceptive pill.

From 2020 to 2025, I worked as a research associate at the Institute for Medical Sociology at MLU. During this time, I worked primarily on topics related to sexual and reproductive justice (e.g., contraception, birth control pills, health stigma) and qualitative methods in the medical and health sciences. From 2023 to 2025, I was a project partner in Charité's “Empowerment for Diversity” project. This project focuses on (anti)racist attitudes in medical education.

Since October 2025, I have been working as a research associate (operational project manager) on the project “LEAH – Living with Endometriosis: Testing an Arts-based Design for Health Services Research” at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.

Qualification Project
Dissertation: "Taking and stopping the Pill between subjective experiences of care and gynecology" (working title)

Publications:
Niemann, J., Glaum, L., Hofmann, L., Freymüller, N. & Schenk, L. (2025). Between contraception and hormones: a qualitative analysis of the lived experiences of former contraceptive pill users. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2025.2563393

Niemann, J. & Früher. A. (2025). Bridging the knowledge gap: a feminist lens on the post-birth control syndrome and media narratives. Front. Glob. Women’s Health, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2025.1556810

Miani, C., & Niemann, J. (2024). Innovationen in der Versorgung von Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen während der COVID-19-Pandemie in Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-024-03995-2

Jepsen, D., Luck, T., Heckel, C., Niemann, J., Winter, K., & Watzke, S. (2024). Compulsive sexual behavior, sexual functioning problems, and their linkages to substance use among German medical students: exploring the role of sex and trauma exposure. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1423690

Winter, K.,* Niemann, J.,* Jepsen, D., Brzank, P. J., Md, S., Haq, A., Saha, B., & Akinlo, A. (2024). Experiences and life circumstances of unintentionally pregnant women affected by intimate partner violence-stress factors, resources, healthcare structures and needs: a scoping review protocol. Front. Public Health, 12, 1422918. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/ZMVPE

*shared first authorship

Niemann J, Wicherski L, Glaum L, Schenk L, Stadler G, Richter M. YouTube and the implementation and discontinuation of the oral contraceptive pill: A mixed-method content analysis. PLoS One. 2024;19:e0302316. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302316

Samtlebe P, Niemann J, Markert J, Knöchelmann A, & Bernard M (2024). Analysis of problems and potentials for increasing pandemic resilience in public health administrations in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany—a mixed-methods approach. BMJ Open, 14(3), e078182. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078182

Bernard M*, Niemann J*, Weinhold L, Jepsen D, Miani C, Luck-Sikorski C. Abortion stigma among abortion seekers, healthcare professionals and the public in high-income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review protocol. BMJ Open [Internet]. 2024;14:e076602. Available from: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076602

*shared first authorship

Markert J, Niemann J, Starke D, Frese T, Meyer G, Mikolajczyk R, et al. Psychische Vorerkrankungen und Depressivität in der 2. Welle der SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie in Deutschland – Die Rolle pandemieassoziierter Stressoren. PPmP - Psychother · Psychosom · Medizinische Psychol [Internet]. 2023;73:396–404. Available from: http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-2105-3302

Niemann J, Schenk L, Stadler G, Richter M. What happens when you stop using the combined contraceptive pill? A qualitative study protocol on consequences and supply needs for women who discontinued the combined contraceptive pill in Germany. BMJ Open [Internet]. 12(6), e057089 (2022). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057089

Miani C, Wandschneider L, Niemann J, Batram-Zantvoort S, Razum O. Measurement of gender as a social determinant of health in epidemiology—A scoping review. PLoS One [Internet]. 16(11), e0259223 (2021). Available from: https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259223

Van Hal G, Niemann J, Van Hiel A, Van Dongen S. Excessive gaming behaviour in primary school children in Belgium. Eur. J. Public Health [Internet]. 30(Supplement_5) (2020). Available from: https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.875/5915510

Rerimoi AJ, Niemann J, Lange I, Timæus IM. Gambian cultural beliefs, attitudes and discourse on reproductive health and mortality: Implications for data collection in surveys from the interviewer’s perspective. PLoS One [Internet]. 14(5), e0216924 (2019). Available from: https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216924