Dr. med. Kerstin Sell, M.Sc.

I'm a public health enthusiast and researcher with a strong interest in evidence synthesis, knowledge translation, the evaluation of public health interventions, and complex systems thinking. My current work in the CEBHA+ project, the Collaboration for Evidence-based Healthcare and Public Health in Africa, includes the mixed-method evaluation of an integrated knowledge translation (IKT) approach embedded in the project. Other work includes leading on and contributing to scoping and systematic reviews on a range of public health topics, as well as teaching in the MSc Public Health and medical curriculum at LMU.

You can find me on twitter (@sell_kerstin) and on ResearchGate.

List of Publications:

Scientific Publications

Sell, K., Jessani, N.S., Mesfin, F. et al. Developing, implementing, and monitoring tailored strategies for integrated knowledge translation in five sub-Saharan African countries. Health Res Policy Sys 21, 91 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-01038-x.

Sell, K., Hommes, F., Fischer, F., Arnold, L. Multi-, Inter-, and Transdisciplinarity within the Public Health Workforce: A Scoping Review to Assess Definitions and Applications of Concepts, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(17), 10902; doi:10.3390/ijerph191710902.

Krishnaratne, S., Littlecott, H., Sell, K., Burns, J., Stratil, J., Boger, A., Litwin, T., Coenen, M., Geffert, K., Kreutz, C., Movsisyan, A., Kratzer, S., Wabnitz, K., Strahwald, B., Verboom, B., Rehfuess, E.A., Biallas, R., Voss, S., Jung-Sievers, C., Pfadenhauer, L.M. Measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015029.

Hommes. F.*, Mohsenpour, A.*, Kropff, D., Pilgram, L., Matusall, S., von Philipsborn, P., Sell, K. [Supra-regional public health actors in Germany—an overview and categorization] (article in German). Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz, 2022, 65, pages 96–106, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-021-03456-0.

Sell, K., Oliver, K., Meiksin, R. Comprehensive sex education addressing gender and power: a systematic review to investigate implementation and mechanisms of impact, Sex Res Soc Policy, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-021-00674-8.

Sell, K.*, Kuhn, E.*, Arnold, L., Böhm, C., Gepp, S., Havemann, M., Herrmann, L., Hommes, F., Jung, L., Mathé, P., Mörschel, K., Stratil, JM., Fischer, F. [COVID-19 and Its Potential for Disruption and Transformation in Public Health: Lessons Learned from the Perspective of Young Professionals] (article in German), Das Gesundheitswesen, 2021; 83(11): 894-89, https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1630-7155.

Mpando, T.*, Sell, K.*, Delobelle, P., Osuret, J., Niyibizi, J.B., Ntawuyirushintege, S., Geremew, B., Jessani, N.S. Integrated knowledge translation in non-communicable disease research in Sub-Saharan Africa: case vignettes comparing systematic with ad hoc stakeholder engagement, Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2021, https://doi.org/10.3389/FITD.2021.753192.

Sell, K., Saringer-Hamiti, L., Geffert, K., Strahwald, B., Stratil, J.M., Pfadenhauer, L.M. [Expert committees in German public health policymaking during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a document analysis] (article in German), Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2021.06.002.

Niyibizi, J. B., Nganabashaka, J. P., Ntawuyirushintege, S., Tumusiime, D., Umwali, G., Rulisa, S., Nyandwi, A., Okop, KJ., Ntaganda, E., Sell, K., Levitt, N., Jessani, N.S., Bavuma, C. M. Using Citizen Science Within an Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Approach to Explore Cardiovascular Disease Risk Perception in Rwanda. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2021, https://doi.org/10.3389/FITD.2021.752357

Burns, J., Movsisyan, A., Stratil, J.M., Biallas, R.L., Coenen, M., Emmert-Fees, K.M.F., Geffert, K., Hoffmann, S., Horstick, O., Laxy, M., Klinger, C., Kratzer, S., Litwin, T., Norris, S., Pfadenhauer, L.M., von Philipsborn, P., Sell, K., Stadelmaier, J., Verboom, B., Voss, S., Wabnitz, K., Rehfuess, E.A. International travel‐related control measures to contain the COVID‐19 pandemic: a rapid review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021, https://doi.org//10.1002/14651858.CD013717.pub2.

Pfadenhauer, L.M., Grath, T., Delobelle, P., Jessani, N., Meerpohl, J., Rohwer, A., Schmidt, B.M., Toews, I., Akiteng, A.R., Chapotera, G., Kredo, T., Levitt, N., Ntawuyirushintege, S., Sell, K., Rehfuess, E.A. Mixed method evaluation of the CEBHA+ integrated knowledge translation approach: a protocol. Health Res Policy Sys, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00675-w.

Krishnaratne, S., Pfadenhauer, L.M., Coenen, M., Geffert, K., Jung-Sievers, C., Klinger, C., Kratzer, S., Littlecott, H., Movsisyan, A., Rabe, J.E., Rehfuess, E.A., Sell, K., Strahwald, B., Stratil, J.M., Voss, S., Wabnitz, K., Burns, J. Measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID‐19 pandemic: a rapid scoping review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020, https://doi.org//10.1002/14651858.CD013812.

Burns, J., Movsisyan, A., Stratil, J.M., Biallas, R.L., Coenen, M., Emmert-Fees, K.M.F., Geffert, K., Hoffmann, S., Horstick, O., Laxy, M., Klinger, C., Kratzer, S., Litwin, T., Norris, S., Pfadenhauer, L.M., von Philipsborn, P., Sell, K., Stadelmaier, J., Verboom, B., Voss, S., Wabnitz, K., Rehfuess, E.A. International travel‐related control measures to contain the COVID‐19 pandemic: a rapid review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021, https://doi.org//10.1002/14651858.CD013717.

Burns, J., Movsisyan, A., Biallas, R., Coenen, M., Geffert, K., Horstick, O., Klerings, I., Pfadenhauer L.M., von Philipsborn, P., Sell, K., Strahwald, B., Stratil, J.M., Voss, S., Rehfuess, E.A. Travel-related control measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: an evidence map, BMJ Open, 2021, e041619, 11(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041619.

Von Philipsborn, P., Biallas, R., Burns, J., Drees, S., Geffert, K., Movsisyan, A., Pfadenhauer, L.M., Sell, K., Strahwald, B., Stratil, J.M., Rehfuess, E.A. Adverse effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with viral respiratory infections: Rapid systematic review, BMJ Open, 2020, e040990, 10(11), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040990.

Sell, K., Rapp, M., Muehlan, H., Spiegler, J., Thyen, U. Frequency of Participation and Association with Functioning in Adolescents Born Extremely Preterm – Findings from a Population-based Cohort in Northern Germany, Early Hum Dev, 2018, 120 (67-73), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.04.003.

*shared first authorship

Articles in Specialised Press

Sell, K., De Bock, F., Thyen, U. [A Public Health Strategie for Germany: Health for All] (article in German), Dtsch Arztebl, (2021), A-1810, 118(40).

Sell, K., Stratil, J.M., Pfadenhauer, L.M., Rehfuess, E.A., Coenen, M., [Evidence use in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Challenges and opportunities] (article in German) Public Health Forum, 2020, 28 (3): 226-230.

Arnold, L., Drees, S., Geffert, K., Gepp, S., Jung, L., Sell, K., Stratil, J.M. [HiAP after COVID-19: a perspective of the German Network of Young Professionals in Public Health] (article in German), Public Health Forum, 2020, 28 (3): 223-225.

Von Philipsborn, P., Wabnitz, K., Sell, K., Maintz, E., Rehfuess, E.A., Gabrysch, S. [Climate Action as an opportunity for better health] (article in German), Public Health Forum, 2020, 28(1): 75-77.

Mörschel, K., Stratil, J., Drees, S. Broeder, J., Arnold, L., Wabnitz, K., Hommes, F., Pscheidt, C., Jung, L., von Philipsborn, P., Sell, K. [A Public Health Strategy for Germany] (article in German), Gesundheitswesen, 2019, 81(07), 522-523.

Akçay, M., Bröder, J., Geffert, K., Drees, S., Havemann, M., Hommes, F., Jaehn, P., Nohl-Deryk, P., Krisam, M., Mohsenpour, A., Sell, K., Stratil, J., von Philipsborn, P. [Public Health in Germany: Perspectives of Young Professionals] (article in German), Das Gesundheitswesen, 2018, 81(03), 176-181. [Preprint Link]