German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Lena Merkel

Research Fellow

Short CV

Since 01/2022: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs and in the research project "INFECTIONS in an Urbanizing World - Humans, Animals, Environments"
10/2020 - 05/2021: Student Assistant at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Göttingen
02/2020 - 02/2021: Student Assistant at the Institute for the World Economy in the research area International Financial Markets and Macroeconomics
08/2019 - 09/2021: Project Manager in the project "Save Today, Be Happy Tomorrow" for the Centre for Modern Indian Studies in Pune, India
10/2015 - 09/2020: Student assistant and tutor at the Institute for Economic and Social History at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
Studies: M.A. History of Global Markets, M.Sc. Development Economics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; B.A. Economics, B.A. History & Economic and Social History, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; Semester abroad: University of Pune, India & EWHA Womans University Seoul, Republic of Korea

Current Research

Health and health systems
Antimicrobial resistance

Countries and Regions

Africa

Research Programmes

Globalisation and Development

Dissertation

Behavorial Insights and Antimicrobial Resistance

Lena Merkel

Research Fellow

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Diabetes Care | 2024

The Association Between Depressive Symptoms, Access to Diabetes Care, and Glycemic Control in Five Middle-Income Countries

The relationship between depression, diabetes, and access to diabetes care is established in high-income countries (HICs) but not in middle-income countries (MICs), where contexts and health systems differ and may impact this relationship. In this study, we investigate access to diabetes care for individuals with and without depressive symptoms in MICs.

Lena Merkel

Research Fellow

Research Project | 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2025

INFECTIONS in an Urbanizing World - Humans, Animals, Environments

The Leibniz Research Alliance INFECTIONS promotes interdisciplinary research across several sections of the Leibniz Association. It focuses on the spread of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) microbes in an urbanizing society. This is a topical issue since a number of endemic infectious diseases are the leading cause of disease and mortality worldwide. In addition, humanity is increasingly challenged by emerging infectious agents that are often zoonotic in nature, such as the coronavirus outbreak.
Leibniz Association, 2021-2025

Lena Merkel

Short CV

Current Research

Countries and Regions

Research Programmes

Dissertation

Lena Merkel

Publications

The Association Between Depressive Symptoms, Access to Diabetes Care, and Glycemic Control in Five Middle-Income Countries

Research Projects

INFECTIONS in an Urbanizing World - Humans, Animals, Environments

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