Deutsch Intern
Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry

Steffi Hillmann

Dr. Steffi Jírů-Hillmann

Phone: +49 931 / 201 47304
Fax: +49 931 / 201 647310
E-Mail: Steffi. Jírů-Hillmann@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de

Short CV

since 2013   Research Associate, Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry (ICE-B), University of Würzburg
2012 Masterthesis in cooperation with the Institute for Community Medicine, Section Epidemiology of Health Care and Community Health, Greifswald
2010-2012 Master of Science Public Health, Hochschule Fulda
2007-2010 Bachelor of Science Health Management, Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau

Research interests

Main Publications in recent years

2026[ to top ]
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    Hartung TJ, Steigerwald F, Romanello A, Kodde C, Endres M, Frank S, et al. Post-COVID Fatigue Is Associated With Reduced Cortical Thickness After Hospitalization. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2026;13(4):755–766.
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    Abolhassani A, Alawathurage TM, Schmidt A, Brand F, Kilarski LL, Altmann H, et al. Genetic contribution to severe COVID-19 in adults under 60 years without major comorbidities in the German National Pandemic Cohort Network (NAPKON). Hum Genomics. 2026;20(1):23.
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    Schultebraucks K, Gershov S, Fischer F, Wingenfeld K, Schmidt S, Steinbrecher S, et al. An Externally Validated Machine Learning Algorithm for Predicting Mental and Physical Health Outcomes Three Months Post-Hospitalization for Severe Viral Infection with SARS-CoV-2. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health [Internet]. 2026;:101267. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666354626001006
2024[ to top ]
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    Brandstetter LS, Jírů-Hillmann S, Störk S, Heuschmann PU, Wöckel A, Reese JP. Differences in Preferences for Drug Therapy Between Patients with Metastatic Versus Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Systematic Literature Review. The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research [Internet]. 2024; Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-024-00679-6
2023[ to top ]
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    Horn A, Jírů-Hillmann S, Widmann J, Montellano FA, Salmen J, Pryss R, et al. Systematic review on the effectiveness of mobile health applications on mental health of breast cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship [Internet]. 2023; Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-023-01470-6
2022[ to top ]
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    Koll CEM, Hopff SM, Meurers T, Lee CH, Kohls M, Stellbrink C, et al. Statistical biases due to anonymization evaluated in an open clinical dataset from COVID-19 patients. Sci Data. 2022;9(1):776.
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    Jírů-Hillmann S, Gabriel KMA, Schuler M, Wiedmann S, Mühler J, Dötter K, et al. Experiences of family caregivers 3-months after stroke: results of the prospective trans-regional network for stroke intervention with telemedicine registry (TRANSIT-Stroke). BMC Geriatrics [Internet]. 2022;22(1):228. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02919-6
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    Appel KS, Maier D, Hopff SM, Mitrov L, Stecher M, Scherer M, et al. 1886. External Validation of the 4C Mortality Score and the qSOFA for Different Variants of Concerns of SARS-CoV-2 Using Data of the NAPKON Cross-Sectoral Cohort Platform (SUEP). Open Forum Infectious Diseases [Internet]. 2022;9(Supplement_2). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.1513
2020[ to top ]
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    Gabriel KMA, Jírů-Hillmann S, Kraft P, Selig U, Rücker V, Mühler J, et al. Two years’ experience of implementing a comprehensive telemedical stroke network comprising in mainly rural region: the Transregional Network for Stroke Intervention with Telemedicine (TRANSIT-Stroke). BMC Neurol. 2020;20(1):104.
2018[ to top ]
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    Woeckel A, Festl J, Stueber T, Brust K, Krockenberger M, Heuschmann PU, et al. Interdisciplinary screening, diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of breast cancer. Guideline of the DGGG and the DKG (S3-Level, AWMF Registry Number 032/045OL, December 2017)–Part 2 with recommendations for the therapy of primary, recurrent and advanced breast cancer. Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde. 2018;78(11):1056-88.
2017[ to top ]
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    Hillmann S, Wiedmann S, Rücker V, Berger K, Nabavi D, Bruder I, et al. Stroke unit care in germany: the german stroke registers study group (ADSR). BMC Neurol. 2017;17(1):49.
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    Kraft P, Hillmann S, Rücker V, Heuschmann PU. Telemedical strategies for the improvement of secondary prevention in patients with cerebrovascular events-A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Stroke. 2017;12(6):597-605.
2016[ to top ]
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    Korompoki E, Del Giudice A, Hillmann S, Malzahn U, Gladstone DJ, Heuschmann P, et al. Cardiac monitoring for detection of atrial fibrillation after TIA: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Stroke. 2016;12(1):33-45.
2015[ to top ]
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    Hillmann S, Wiedmann S, Fraser A, Baeza J, Rudd A, Norrving B, et al. Temporal Changes in the Quality of Acute Stroke Care in Five National Audits across Europe. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:432497.
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    Wiedmann S, Hillmann S, Abilleira S, Dennis M, Hermanek P, Niewada M, et al. Variations in acute hospital stroke care and factors influencing adherence to quality indicators in 6 European audits. Stroke. 2015;46(2):579-81.
2014[ to top ]
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    Wiedmann S, Heuschmann PU, Hillmann S, Busse O, Wietholter H, Walter GM, et al. The quality of acute stroke care- an analysis of evidence-based indicators in 260 000 patients. Dtsch Arztebl Int [Internet]. 2014;111(45):759-65. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25467052