Sebastian F. Winter, M.D. Ph.D.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (summa cum laude), Neuro-Oncology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and MGH 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
Policy
Consultant, World Health Organization (WHO), 2024 - current
- Brain Health Unit (BRH), Department of Mental Health and Substance Use (MSD), World Health Organization Headquarters
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
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
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
Permanent Roster of Consultants for the WHO Brain Health Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, since 2023
BIH Junior Clinician Scientist Grant, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité Berlin, 2022
Scholar of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung), 2013 -20
BIH M.D. Research Grant, Berlin Institute of Health/ Charité Berlin, 2018
MGH Graduate Student Travel Award, Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, 2018
German Academic Exchange Service Stipend, DAAD, 2017
Capstone Program Member, McKinsey & Co., since 2017
Emeralds Program Member, The Boston Consulting Group, since 2016
Layton Science Research Award, King’s College London, UK, 2013
King’s myScholarship Award, King’s College London, UK, 2012
Academic Excellence Scholarship, IE Business School, Segovia/Madrid, Spain, 2009