Ph.D. summa cum laude, Neuro-Oncology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Mass General Cancer Center/ Harvard Medical School, 2022

M.D. Distinction, Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, 2020 

B.Sc. First Class Honours, Neuroscience, King's College London, UK, 2013

EXPERIENCE

Health Policy

Technical Consultant, World Health Organization (WHO), 2024 - current

• Brain Health Unit (BRH), Department of Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use (MSD), World Health Organization Headquarters
• Supporting the Unit's workstream on implementing WHO’s Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders (IGAP) 2022-31, including the development of normative guidance and technical products, country work, partnership development, and global brain health advocacy and promotion/prevention strategies.

Head of Policy and Research, International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE), 2022 - 2024

• I worked with an interdisciplinary team committed to make epilepsy a global public health priority and improving the lives of over 50 million people living with epilepsy worldwide.
• Building capacity for 150 IBE Chapters in 100+ countries, developing and implementing policy advocacy programs (featured in The Lancet Neurology), coordinating inter-agency projects, managing strategic partnerships, organizing multistakeholder conferences on WHO/UN policy frameworks, and leading technical publications on global health and policy issues.

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Postgraduate Certificates

• WHO/Europe training course on noncommunicable diseases 2022/23: surveillance, implementation and evaluation (2022-23), WHO Regional Office for Europe, May 2023.

• Prevention Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases Course, Dept. for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, UK, May 2019.
• Healthcare Value Course, Dept. for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, July 2018.

UNESCO Research Intern, Division of Science Policy & Capacity-Building, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 2-3/2017

• Co-developed a science education program for the developing world, designed to empower youth in developing nations in STEM-related fields through innovative participatory science education.

WHO Research Intern, Division of Health Systems & Public Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark, 08-10/2015

• Co-authored and published a technical policy report on ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Germany. 

Clinical Practice

Resident Physician - Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 2021 - 22

• Charité Dept. of Neurology and Experimental Neurology
• Internal Medicine Rotation | Charité Dept. of Nephrology & Medical Intensive Care, 2021

Medical Internship (PJ), 2019 - 20

• Internal Medicine | Emergency Medicine, New Somerset Hospital & Heideveld Day Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 01-04/2020
• Acute Care Surgery | Cardiac Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 09-12/2019
• Neurosurgery | Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, 07-09/2019
• Neurosurgery | Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 05-07/2019

Clinical Electives, 2015 - 17

• Neurology | Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA, 9/2017
• Neurosurgery | UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, USA, 9/2016
• General Medicine | Praxis Dr. Winter, Bad Honnef, Germany, 3/2016
• Neurosurgery | Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada, 3/2015

Academic Research 

Affiliate Researcher, Division of Neuro-Oncology, MGH Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, 2017 - current

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BIH Junior Clinician Scientist, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité Berlin, 2022

PhD Researcher, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and MGH Cancer Center/ Harvard Medical School, 2016 - 2021

• PhD Thesis: Characterization of cancer treatment-related neurotoxicity in patients with malignant glioma

MD Student Researcher, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, USA, 11-12/2015

• Thesis Topic: Role of Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy in Malignant Glioma

BSc Student Researcher, Keck Lab, MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London, UK

• BSc Thesis: Experience-Dependent Presynaptic Structural Plasticity of Layer 2/3 Inhibitory Interneurons in the Adult Mammalian Visual Cortex

Teaching & Mentorship 

Lead Trainer, M3NTAWARE Program at R3SOLUTE, 2018 - current

• Mental Health Literacy and Conflict Competency Curriculum 

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Instructor (Dozent), Faculty of Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 2021 - 22

• 1th - 5th-year medical school curriculum
• Problem-oriented learning (POL) Course 

HONORS & AWARDS