Our Team

Lena van Selm is a pre-doctoral researcher in the Migrant Health team. Her research focusses on the health and access to healthcare services of migrant agricultural workers, with a special focus on the effect of heat stress in this population. Before joining this team Lena has worked as a research assistant in the Health Systems and Infectious Diseases team for two years, mainly focussing viral hepatitis and access to healthcare services for marginalized populations.

Lines of research

• Migrant health
• Access to healthcare 
• Marginalized populations
• Stigma & discrimination
• Climate change

Main publications

• van Selm, L., White, T. M., Picchio, C. A., Requena-Méndez, A., Busz, M., Bakker, I., ... & Lazarus, J. V. (2023). Drug use and access to drug dependency services for vulnerable migrants who use drugs in the European Union: Consensus statements and recommendations from civil society experts in Europe. International Journal of Drug Policy, 118, 104087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104087
• Lazarus, J.V., Sanai, F.M., Alghamdi, A.S., Sharara, A., Saad, M.F., van Selm, L., Alqahtani, S.A (2022). Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment in the Middle East: A scoping review. Liver International. https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.15338
• Guy, D., Doran, J., White, T. M., van Selm, L., Noori, T., & Lazarus, J.V. (2022). The HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis continuum of care among women who inject drugs: A systematic review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 1827. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.951682
• Lazarus, J.V., Karim, S. S. A., van Selm, L., Doran, J., Batista, C., Amor, Y. B., ... & Yadav, P. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine wastage in the midst of vaccine inequity: causes, types and practical steps. BMJ Global Health, 7(4), e009010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009010
• van Wijk, R., van Selm, L., Barbosa. M., van Brakel, W.H., Waltz, M., Puchner, K.P. (2021). Psychosocial burden of neglected tropical diseases in eastern Colombia: an explorative qualitative study in persons affected by leprosy, cutaneous leishmaniasis and Chagas disease. Global Mental Health, 8, E21. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2021.18
• Gómez, L., van Wijk, R., van Selm, L., Rivera, A., Barbosa. M., Parisi, S., van Brakel, W.M., Arevalo, J., Quintero, W., Waltz, M., Puchner, K.P. (2019). Stigma, participation restriction and mental distress in patients affected by leprosy, cutaneous leishmaniasis and Chagas disease: a pilot study in two co-endemic regions of eastern Colombia. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 114(7), 476-482. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trz132