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Sebastian F. Winter, MD PhD
Sebastian F. Winter, MD PhD
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
Health Policy & Innovation
Executive Director, NeuroTech Open Innovation Hub, Charité-BIH ARC Innovation Center, 2026 - current
Building the NeuroTech Open Innovation Hub at Charité BIH ARC Innovation Center (CBAIC) in Berlin, connecting startups, clinicians, industry, investors, and regulators to accelerate validation and scaling of neurotechnology across medical and consumer applications.
Concurrently establishing the Policy, Governance, and Responsible Innovation function at CBAIC, advancing ethics-by-design, stakeholder engagement, and health-in-all-policies to ensure neurotechnology meaningfully contributes to brain health as a global priority.
Technical Consultant, World Health Organization (WHO), 2024 - 2026
Brain Health Unit (BRH), Department of Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use (MSD), World Health Organization Headquarters
Led the development of WHO's Global Status Report on Neurology, the first comprehensive global assessment of the public health response to neurological disorders.
Advanced 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
CAIDP Artificial Intelligence Policy Certificate (Distinction), Center for AI and Digital Policy, Dec 2025
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 Lecturer (Habilitation), Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Charité Center for Global Health, Charité Berlin, 2026 - current
Medical School Core Curriculum (Depts. of Neurology, Psychiatry)
Core Course, Module on Global Neurology, Mental and Brain Health, M.Sc. in International Health
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
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
1st - 5th-year medical school curriculum
Problem-oriented learning (POL) Course
Commissioner, The Lancet Commission on Neurorehabilitation, since 2024
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 Foundation (Studienstiftung), 2013 -20
BIH M.D. Research Grant (€15.000), Berlin Institute of Health/ Charité Berlin, 2018
Act for Impact Award (€40.000), Social Entrepreneurship Academy, 2018
MGH GSD Travel Award ($1000), 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 (£3000), King’s College London, UK, 2013
King’s Scholarship Award (£3000), King’s College London, UK, 2012
Academic Excellence Award (€10.000), IE Business School, Segovia/Madrid, Spain, 2009