Inside the Digital Health Research Group: A Day with Research Associate Marcel Susky

Wondering what it's like behind the scenes at the Research Group Digital Health? Marcel Susky, a team member of our Research Group Digital Health, gives an insight in an article for the Medical Informatics Initiative Germany (MII). It is particularly about his work in the MiHUBx project, which aims to network the many different actors and initiatives in health research and care into a sustainable system capable of growth. In this project, the Research Group Digital Health is responsible for tasks relating to the connectivity of the MiHUBx infrastructure to the telematics infrastructure as well as the development of a networking platform for the integration of clinicians, practising oncologists and patients in personalised cancer medicine (more here).

With the format "Professions in the MII", the MII presents different professional fields. For this purpose, our colleague Marcel Susky, a research assistant with a technical focus, was also portrayed. He answers the questions:

•    What does a classic working day look like for you?
•     What was your greatest sense of achievement in your current job?
•     What challenges does your job hold in store?

Marcel's work focuses mainly on the design, conception and implementation of the system architecture for the personalised medicine use case in MiHUBx and he is also responsible for setting up the associated technical infrastructure.

A special moment in Marcel's working day is when concepts from the research group are tested by end users. For him, the often positive feedback testifies to the success of the joint work. This success is often celebrated together within the research group, which makes the teamwork particularly valuable.

Nevertheless, Marcel emphasises that his job can also be challenging: Rapid topic developments and diverse tasks are part of everyday life. Especially the transition from established systems to more advanced solutions demands a lot. But it is precisely these challenges and the dynamics of the field that ultimately make his work exciting.

You can find the full article here.