Dr. Samuel Knauss
Research Group Leader
Dr. Samuel Knauss is a medical doctor, health data specialist, and serial social entrepreneur. His research spans clinical neurology, global health, and the integration of digital health solutions in low-resource settings to bridge the gap in accessing healthcare at the last mile. At the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, he leads projects aimed at improving healthcare accessibility and outcomes through innovative approaches, combining both high-tech and low-tech methods in digital health.
Education
2020 - present - Heidelberg University – Heidelberg Institute of Global Health – Postdoctoral associate, research group leader
2018 - present - Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Global Health – Research group leader
2016 - 2022 - Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Dept. of Neurology and Experimental Neurology – Clinician and Postdoctoral researcher
2017 - Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Dept. of Experimental Neurology - MD (Approbation), Medicine - Thesis about a novel PPAR δ agonist in an in-vivo stroke model, summa cum laude
2016 - Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Landesprüfungsamt Berlin - Medical examination (Approbation)
2013 - Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Center for Stroke Research Berlin, MSc Cerebrovascular Medicine, Modules „Basics of Cerebrovascular Medicine“ & „Imaging, Diagnostics and Rare Diseases“
2008 - 2016 Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Dept. of Experimental Neurology, Dr. med.
Contributions
Projects & Grants
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ): "Global Brain Health: Auf dem Weg zum ersten Schlaganfallzentrum in Madagaskar", 2024-2025 | Co-PI
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): “Interdisciplinary SDG – Semester Program Sustainable Global Health” (2023-2025)
German Research Foundation (DFG): “Initiation of Cooperation in the Area of African-German Public Health Research” (2023−2024)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): “Urban Resilience to Medical Impoverishment Through Mobile Technology (U-RESIST)” (2021−2024)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): “Research to ImproveResilience in Major African Cities through Universal Health Coverage (ReachUHC)” (2021− 2024)
Berlin University Alliance (BUA): “Sustainable access to healthcare through e-healthtechnologies in East Africa” (2021−2022)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): “DESIGN-eTB – Digitization of Epidemiological Tuberculosis Surveillance in Madagascar“, (2020−2021)
Publications
Contact Information
E-Mail: samuel.knauss(at)uni-heidelberg.de
AG Global Digital Health: https://globaldigital.health/