GER
Louise Baker-Schuster
global health
Leadership
Health systems
Health Literacy
digitalization
Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, Sciana and Bosch Health Campus, Germany
Bosch Health Campus

leadership vision

I believe in leadership that focuses on collaboration, connections and compassion. My vision is for health systems to encourage and utilise diverse and rich networks at regional, national and international level to ensure health and well being for everyone in society. 

my story

As CSPO I work on behalf of the three foundation partners, developing and implementing the network strategy within and beyond Sciana.

What I love about my role is the opportunity to work with such a wealth of health experts from across Europe and beyond. The dynamic network keeps me up to date on international health issues and their relevance at national level. The interactions with the fellows and guest speakers during the residential meetings allow me to engage in conversations on acutely current issues and topics with leaders from a wide range of sectors and backgrounds. I am also responsible for the BHC side of the network at national level.

about me

Louise Baker-Schuster is Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer (CSPO) for Sciana and a Senior Project Manager at the Robert Bosch Institute for Innovative Health at the Bosch Health Campus. Her career has led her down a number of different paths including a German degree at Liverpool University (UK) and an MA in European Studies at the RWTH Aachen (DE). She moved to Brussels in 2002 and worked for the British Council before taking up a post at the European Commission in DG Education in Culture. Louise decided to return to Germany and joined the Science Department at the Robert Bosch Stiftung in 2007, leading programmes with the aim of strengthening ties between schools, science, and universities before transferring to the Health Department in 2014 (this moved to the BHC in 2022). Since then, she has been responsible for several national and international projects focusing on leadership and inter-professional collaboration in health and health care, such as the European Palliative Care Academy (EUPCA). She was also actively involved in introducing the concept of Community Health Nursing into the German Health System. In her role for Sciana she is responsible for managing the network's overall resources and operations as well as being the person who connects the dots between all our partners and stakeholders such as the OECD and Charité, our 100+ fellows and the Sciana team at Salzburg Global.

more fellows

SUI
Claudia Witt
University of Zurich
Claudia Witt
Professor of Medicine, University of Zurich; Director, Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine; University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
SUI
Saskia De Gani
Careum Stiftung
Saskia De Gani
Department Head, Careum Center for Health Literacy, Careum Stiftung, Switzerland
GER
Alexander Schellinger
Siemens Healthineers
Alexander Schellinger
Director Digital Transformation Consulting, Siemens Healthineers, Germany
SUI
Nicola von Lutterotti
Self-employed
Nicola von Lutterotti
President of the Board of Trustees, the Max-Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg; Science Writer; Author, Germany
SUI
Andy Fischer
Medgate
Andy Fischer
CEO, Medgate, Switzerland
GER
Thorsten Langer
University of Freiburg, Medical Center
Thorsten Langer
Professor, Director Social Pediatric Center, Children's Hospital Freiburg, Germany
SUI
Sven Streit
University of Bern
Sven Streit
General Practitioner; Associate Professor in Primary Care, University of Bern, Switzerland
GER
Anna Babette Stier
Federal Ministry of Health
Anna Babette Stier
Head of Directorate for Health Protection and Sustainability, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany
GBR
Helen Crimlisk
Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Tr
Helen Crimlisk
Consultant Psychiatrist and Deputy Medical Director, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
GER
Kristina Norman
German Institute of Human Nutrition
Kristina Norman
Professor for Nutrition and Gerontology , German Institute for Human Nutrition (DIfE) and Department of Geriatrics, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
GBR
Adrian Jonas
NHS England
Adrian Jonas
Chief Analyst for the North West Region, NHS England, United Kingdom
SUI
Nora Kronig Romero
Federal Office of Public Health
Nora Kronig Romero
Vice-Director General, Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland
GBR
Timothy Taylor
NHSEI Midlands
Timothy Taylor
Associate Medical Director, NHSEI Midlands; Consultant Neuroradiologist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom
SUI
Mario Desmedt
Swiss Nurse Leaders
Mario Desmedt
Nurse; Director of Nursing, Fondation Asile des Aveugles, Lausanne; President, Swiss Nurse Leaders Association, Switzerland
GBR
Harpreet Sood
Health Education England
Harpreet Sood
NHS Primary Care Doctor and VP Primary Care, Huma; Board Member, Health Education England, United Kingdom
SUI
Ursula Bonhage
Stiftung Stöckenweid
Ursula Bonhage
CEO, Stiftung Stöckenweid

Meet the Partners

Sciana — The Health Leaders Network is a joint initiative of The Health Foundation, Careum and the Bosch Health Campus, in partnership with Salzburg Global.