About & CV
About & CV
Sebastian F. Winter, MD PhD
Sebastian F. Winter, MD PhD
I lead the NeuroTech Open Innovation Hub and the Policy, Governance and Responsible Innovation workstream at the Charité BIH ARC Innovation Center at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
World Health Organization · 2024–2026
Technical Consultant, Brain Health Unit; led coordination and development of the first Global Status Report on Neurology. Supported country-level implementation of the Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP).
International Bureau for Epilepsy · 2022–2024
Head of Policy and Research. Led and scaled global policy advocacy programs, implementation projects, and multi-stakeholder policy events and research projects.
Research and teaching
Affiliate Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School since 2017; Lecturer in Neurology, Psychiatry, and Global Health at Charité since 2026.
Clinical and entrepreneurial background
Resident Physician in Neurology at Charité, 2021–2022; co-founder of R3SOLUTE, working on mental health literacy and conflict competency.
Ph.D., Neuro-Oncology · Charité · 2022 · summa cum laude.
M.D., Medicine · Charité · 2020 · with distinction.
B.Sc., Neuroscience · King’s College London · 2013 · First Class Honours.
Commissioner, Lancet Commission on Neurorehabilitation · since 2024
BIH Junior Clinician Scientist Grant · 2022
Act for Impact Award (€40,000), Social Entrepreneurship Academy · 2018
German Academic Scholarship Foundation scholar · 2013–2020
Layton Science Research Award (£3,000), awarded for "best promise of aptitude and genius for original scientific work" · King’s College London · 2013