Doreen Schick has been working as a research associate in the Implementation Science in Nursing research group at the University of Zurich and at the Center for Clinical Nursing Science (ZKPW) at University Hospital Zurich since July 2026. As part of the eFICUS project, she is involved in the development and evaluation of a digital health intervention for family members of patients receiving treatment in an intensive care unit.

Doreen Schick studied Psychology at the University of Mannheim (BSc) and at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (MSc), specializing in Industrial, Organizational and Social Psychology as well as Clinical Psychology. From 2021 to 2026, she worked as a research associate at the Branch Business & Information Systems Engineering of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT and at the FIM Research Center for Information Management at the University of Bayreuth. In autumn 2026, she will complete her PhD in Information Systems at the University of Bayreuth, with a research focus on Digital Health & Society. Throughout her academic career, she has been involved in various interdisciplinary research and practice projects in the healthcare sector.

Doreen Schick's research interests include digital health and the digital transformation of healthcare. International research stays have taken her to the University of Melbourne (2025) and the University of Queensland in Brisbane (2026), where she collaborated with international research partners.