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.
Winter, H.M.E.*, Turk, A.M. & Winter, S.F.* Meaningful work in peril? Preserving self-efficacy in the age of artificial intelligence. AI Ethics (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-025-00717-5*equal author contributions. Winter, S.F., Walsh, D., Catsman-Berrevoets, C., Feigin, V., Destrebecq, F., Dickson, S.L., Leonardi, M., Hoemberg, V., Tassorelli, C., Ferretti, M.T. and Dé, A., 2024. National plans and awareness campaigns as priorities for achieving global brain health. The Lancet Global Health, 12(4), pp.e697-e706.Impact factor 2024: 34.3Winter S.F., Walsh D., Grisold W., Jordan J.T., Singhi P., Cross J.H., Guekht A., Hawrot T., Destrebecq F., Feigin V.L., Kariuki S.M. et al. Uniting for global brain health: Where advocacy meets awareness. Epilepsy & Behavior. 2023 Aug 1;145.Impact factor 2022: 2.6Winter, S.F. IGAP Unpacked: A Practical Guide to the World Health Organization’s Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders 2022 - 2031. International Bureau for Epilepsy, January 2023.Winter, S.F., Walsh, D., Amos, A., Secco, M., Sofia, F., Baker, G.A. The WHO intersectoral global action plan and epilepsy cascade target: Towards a roadmap for implementation. Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, 103 (2022) 148–150.Impact factor 2020: 3.184Winter, S.F., Angeler, D.G., Dawson, W.D., et al. Brain health-directed policymaking: A new concept to strengthen democracy. The Brookings Institution, November 2022.Winter, S.F. and Winter, S.F., 2018. Human dignity as leading principle in public health ethics: a multi-case analysis of 21st century German health policy decisions. International journal of health policy and management, 7(3), p.210.Impact factor 2020: 5.007The Division of Health Systems and Public Health, WHO Europe, 2015. Ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Germany. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; December 2015.Contributions to Technical Products
World Health Organization. (2025). Landscape analysis of the opportunities and challenges for neurotechnology in global health. World Health Organization.
Pan American Health Organization and International Bureau for Epilepsy. Advocate’s toolkit for making epilepsy a priority in the Americas. Washington, D.C.: PAHO and IBE; 2024.
Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders 2022–2031: implementation toolkit. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024.
Improving access to medicines for neurological disorders. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024.
Fact Sheet: Spinal cord injury. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024.
Consultations & Technical Review
WHO framework for meaningful engagement of people living with noncommunicable diseases, and mental health and neurological conditions. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.2023 United Nations ECOSOC Partnership Forum Global Online Stakeholder Consultation: Summary Report. ECOSOC, Partnership Forum, United Nations. January 2023.Improving the lives of people with epilepsy: a technical brief. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.WHO AI Community of Practice, since 2024
Roster of Consultants for the WHO Brain Health Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, since 2023
PAHO-IBE IGAP Multistakeholder Workshop, Apr 2023
OneNeurology Partnership, 2023 - 2024
ILAE Global Advocacy Council, 2022 - 2024ILAE Global Health Task Force, 2022 - 2024ILAE Research and Innovation Taskforce, 2022 - 2024EFNA Roundtable: Brain Health for Neurology, Dec 2022