A photo of Michael Moran speaking at a Sciana Network in-person residential meeting in November 2023 Michael Moran speaking at a Sciana Network in-person residential meeting in November 2023

Fellows in Focus: February 2024

04 Mar 2024

Updates concerning Sciana Fellows in February 2024

Julie Blaedel from Genmab and Michael Moran from AbbVie Discuss the Conditional EC Approval of TEPKINLY in a Stimulating Conversation with PharmaShots
In January, PharmaShots published a Q&A with Michael Moran (Cohort 5) and Julie Blaedel to discuss the conditional European Commission approval of TEPKINLY. > Read

Thinking non-linearly and forming new connections
Honorary Sciana Fellow Bogi Eliasen reflects on his time as co-chair of Cohort 4 and his experience within the programme. > Read

Bogi also recently featured on an episode of Robert Bosch Academy's "Think.Debate.Inspire." podcast to discuss a variety of healthcare challenges. > Listen

Leadership lessons and information exchange
Birgit Bauer (Cohort 5), project coordinator at Data Saves Lives Germany, reflects on her experience as a Sciana Fellow, leadership, and her hopes for the future. > Read
 
Es tut sich was in der Provinz  (Something is happening in the province)
Tobias Gantner (Cohort 1) spoke with E-Health-Com on providing healthcare in rural regions, indicating a public dialogue was required. > Read
 
Swissmedic abschaffen wäre eine Option (Abolishing Swissmedic would be an option)
Rudolf Blankart (Cohort 5) explores what has led to the undersupply in the medicine market and how the problem can be solved. > Read
 
Sarah Hughes features on two podcasts
Sarah Hughes (Cohort 3) has recently featured on two podcasts: "A Better Way" and "Sky News: Daily."

On "A Better Way," Sarah discusses her career in mental health, her past experiences, and what it means to be an authentic leader.

On "Sky News: Daily," she joined Sir David Nicholson, former chief executive of NHS England, as part of its "How to fix the NHS" mini-series. They discuss mental health in the UK, "provocative optimism," the need to be creative, and making it easier to provide services.  > Listen to "A Better Way" > Listen to "Sky News: Daily"
 
The importance of communication and defining what is a social contract
Nicola von Lutterotti (Cohort 4) reflects on her experience as a Sciana Fellow, building a new social contract for health and wellbeing, and the COVID-19 pandemic. > Read
 
Alex Schellinger joins Bosch Health Campus study trip to Estonia
Alex Schellinger (Cohort 5) accompanied Bogi Eliasen, Ingrid Wünning Tschol, Susanne Melin, Bernhard Straub, and others for a study trip to learn more about Estonia's health care system. > Read
 
Dominique Allwood features in BMJ Leader "In Conversation" series
Dominique Allwood (Cohort 6) spoke with Domhnall MacAuley for the BMJ Leader's "In Conversation" series. Among other topics, she discussed her thoughts on leadership and several experiences and learnings she's accumulated in her career so far. > Listen

United for One Health
Sven Streit (Cohort 5) reflects on his Sciana experience to date, leadership, and Cohort 5's Sciana Challenge. > Read

Methodological challenges in systematic reviews of mHealth interventions: Survey and consensus-based recommendations
Claudia Witt (Cohort 5) co-authored an article for the International Journal of Medical Informatics, reporting on a participatory research project identifying specific methodological challenges of systematic reviews on mobile health apps. > Read
 
Leadership is complex and messy, just like people
Tim Taylor (Cohort 4) reflects on his experience as a Sciana Fellow, lessons on leadership, and thinking about purpose. > Read
 
Leading the way to a connected and sustainable health ecosystem
Saskia De Gani (Cohort 5) shares insights on Cohort 5’s Sciana Challenge, her experience as a Fellow so far, and her passion for health literacy.  > Read

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 Seminar.