Andrea Sylvia Winkler

Andrea Sylvia Winkler is a Professor at the Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. She is also affiliated with the Institute of Health and Society and serves as Deputy Director of the Centre for Global Health. Additionally, she is Co-chair of the Lancet One Health Commission and leads the Munich Global Neurology Group at the Technical University of Munich. Her work bridges clinical neurology and global health, with a strong focus on underserved populations.

• Professor II, Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, University of Oslo
• Deputy Director, Centre for Global Health, University of Oslo
• Co-chair, Lancet One Health Commission
• Head, Munich Global Neurology Group, Technical University of Munich
• Affiliated Professor, Institute of Health and Society (20%)

Her academic background includes a medical degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich (1987–1994), an MD thesis in basic neurosciences (1989–1993, summa cum laude), a PhD in clinical neuroscience from King's College Hospital, London (1996–2000), and a Habilitation in Global Neurology/Global Health from Ludwig-Maximilians-University (2008–2012). She passed her specialist neurologist (Facharzt) exam in 2007.

Andrea Winkler’s research interests center on global health challenges, particularly poverty-related and zoonotic diseases affecting the central nervous system—such as neurocysticercosis—under the One Health framework. She is deeply engaged in global mental health in low-income countries, migrant medicine, tropical medicine, and palliative care. Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration and capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa.

The available article data is limited to a narrative overview, but it reflects her sustained engagement in high-impact research and leadership in global neurology. Her publications appear in internationally recognized journals and have attracted media attention in Germany and beyond.

She has received major research funding from the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) through CYSTINET-Africa and from the European Union and BMBF via the EDCTP SOLID project, both focused on T. solium cysticercosis. These grants support diagnostic development and health network innovation in Africa.

Andrea Winkler has supervised 37 Master’s and PhD students across Germany and Africa and teaches neurology and global medicine at all academic levels. She maintains an extensive international network, including collaborations with WHO and CDC. She also leads the Global Health and Health Equity (GHE) research group and has been involved in educational collaborations such as the COMENTH project between Nepal and Norway.