Dr. med. Kerstin Sell, M.Sc.

I'm a public health researcher with a strong interest in evidence synthesis, knowledge translation, the evaluation of public health interventions and policies, 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-methods 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 and supervising theses in the MSc Public Health and teaching on the medical curriculum at LMU.

I'm currently leading on a project examining health equity and methodological aspects in policy evaluations (https://osf.io/3h6cb/) and mapping research on the commercial determinants of health in Germany.

Google scholar: https://t.ly/gyusg

List of Publications:

Scientific Publications

Sell, K., Rehfuess, E., Osuret, J., Bayiga-Zziwa, E., Geremew, B., Pfadenhauer, L. Outcomes of an integrated knowledge translation approach in five African countries: a mixed-methods comparative case study. Health Res Policy Sys 22, 162 (2024). https://rdcu.be/d24e0

Sell, K., Rabbani S., Burns J., How is health equity considered in policy evaluations employing quasi-experimental methods? A scoping review and content analysis, European Journal of Public Health, 2024; available here: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae188

Littlecott, H.*, Krishnaratne, S.*, Burns, J., Rehfuess, E.A., Sell, K., Coenen, M., Jung-Sievers, C., Klinger, C., Metzendorf, M., Movsisyan, A., Müller-Eberstein, R., Schönweger, P., Strahwald, B., Voss, S., Pfadenhauer, L.M. Measures implemented in the school setting to prevent and control the transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a rapid review (update). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015029.pub2

Okop, K.J., Kedir, K., Kasenda, S., Niyibizi, J.B., Chipeta, E., Getachew, H., Sell, K., Lambert, EV., Puoane, T., Rulisa, S., Bunn, C., King, A.C., Bavuma, C., Howe, R., Crampin, A.C., Levitt, N.S. Multi-country collaborative citizen science projects to co-design cardiovascular disease prevention strategies and advocacy: findings from Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, and South Africa. BMC Public Health, 2023, 23, 2484. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17393-x

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.

Schmidt, B.-M., Cooper, S., Klerings, I., Head, K., Sell, K., Houghton, C., Jama, N.A., Pfadenhauer L.M., Mianda, S., Toomey, E. Health policymakers’ views and experiences of knowledge translation approaches to facilitate evidence‐informed decision‐making: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022, Issue 10. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015346.

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]