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

GER
Anna Babette Stier
Federal Ministry of Health
Anna Babette Stier
Head of Directorate for Health Protection and Sustainability, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany
SUI
Mario Desmedt
Swiss Nurse Leaders
Mario Desmedt
Nurse; Director of Nursing, Fondation Asile des Aveugles, Lausanne; President, Swiss Nurse Leaders Association, Switzerland
GER
Bernadette Rümmelin
Kath. Krankenhausverband Deutschlands e.V.
Bernadette Rümmelin
Chief Executive Officer and Spokeswoman for the Management Board, Catholic Hospital Association of Germany e.V. (kkvd), Berlin, Germany
SUI
Nora Kronig Romero
Federal Office of Public Health
Nora Kronig Romero
Vice-Director General, Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland
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
GBR
Rishi Das Gupta
Health Innovation Network (HIN)
Rishi Das Gupta
Chief Executive, Health Innovation Network (HIN), United Kingdom
GBR
Harpreet Sood
Health Education England
Harpreet Sood
NHS Primary Care Doctor and VP Primary Care, Huma; Board Member, Health Education England, United Kingdom
GER
Lorena Dini
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Lorena Dini
Senior Researcher, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
SUI
Carl Rudolf Blankart
University of Bern
Carl Rudolf Blankart
Professor of Regulatory Affairs, University of Bern, Switzerland
GER
Thorsten Langer
University of Freiburg, Medical Center
Thorsten Langer
Professor, Director Social Pediatric Center, Children's Hospital Freiburg, Germany
SUI
Dunja Nicca
University of Zürich
Dunja Nicca
Research Group Leader and Head, Advanced Practices Nurses (APN), Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Switzerland
GER
Marc Augustin
Protestant University of Applied Sciences
Marc Augustin
Professor, Protestant University of Applied Sciences Bochum, Germany
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
GBR
Lawrence Tallon
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Lawrence Tallon
Chief Executive Officer, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, United Kingdom
GER
Ulrike Streit
University Hospital Frankfurt
Ulrike Streit
Managing senior physician in radiology, The Klinikum rechts der Isar, The University Hospital of the Technical University of Munich, Germany
GBR
Rachel Carey
Zinc
Rachel Carey
Chief Missions and Science Officer, Zinc, United Kingdom

Meet the Partners

Sciana: The Health Leaders Network is a programme supported jointly by the Health Foundation (UK), Careum (CH) and the Bosch Health Campus (DE) in collaboration with Salzburg Global.