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., 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]