Prof. Irena Miseviciene, Coordinator of the Lithuanian HPH-Network, Kaunas (Lithuania)

Name: MISEVICIENE Irena
Date of birth : 23 July 1950
Place of birth: Kaunas, LITHUANIA
Nationality: Lithuanian
Family position: Married (1972), two daughters
Mother tongue: Lithuanian
Other languages: English, Russian
Profession: Medical Doctor
Title: Professor (Medicine); Doctor of Sciences (Habil.); Vice-rector, Kaunas University of Medicine; Director, Institute for Biomedical Research of Kaunas University of Medicine

EDUCATION
•••• 1968 – 1974: Kaunas Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine, student (MD Diploma)
•••• 1974 - 1975: Kaunas Medical Institute, Research Fellow in Internal Medicine (Certificate)
•••• 1975 – 1981: Kaunas Medical Institute, Research Fellow in Cardiology (Thesis)
•••• 1980 08 16-29: International Ten-Day Seminar in Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention, Lithuania, Elektrenai, Fellow (Certificate)
•••• 1981 07 20-31: International Ten-Day Seminar in Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health Aspects of Diabetes Mellitus, Cambridge, UK, Fellow (Certificate)
•••• 1984 11 12-30: Training Workshop, Managerial Process for National Health Development, Moscow, USSR, Fellow (Certificate)
•••• 1993: Training Workshop, Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, Halifax, Canada, Fellow (Certificate)
•••• 1998 08 31 – 09 11: International Course “Developing Multidisciplinary Teamwork”, NSPH, Goteberg, Sweden, Fellow (Certificate)
•••• 1999 05 3-12: International Course “Clinical Epidemiology (Evidence Based Medicine), NSPH, Goteberg, Sweden, Fellow (Certificate)

SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
•••• 1981: Candidate of Medical Sciences (Doctor of Sciences) in Cardiology, Thesis “Investigation of the Risk Factors Relation with the Mortality Due to Coronary Heart Disease among Kaunas Male Population Aged 45-59”, defended in 1981
•••• 1990: Doctor of Medical Sciences (Habil.Doctor of Sciences in General and Preventive Medicine), Thesis “Epidemiological Situation of Noncommunicable Diseases and Methodological Peculiarities of the Primary Prevention of These Diseases in Lithuania“ defended in 1990

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD
•••• 1975-1981: Senior Researcher, Research Laboratory of Epidemiology and Prevention, Research Institute of Cardiology of Kaunas Medical Institute
•••• 1981-1981: Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Integrated Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases at the Central Research Laboratory of Kaunas Medical Institute
•••• 1981-1991: Head, Laboratory of Integrated Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases at the Central Research Laboratory of Kaunas Medical Institute Director, Central Research Laboratory of Kaunas Medical Institute
•••• 1991-1997: Vice-director, Institute for Biomedical Research of Kaunas Medical Academy
•••• 1997 until present: Director, Institute for Biomedical Research of Kaunas University of Medicine
•••• 2002 until present: Vice-rector for research, Kaunas University of Medicine

OTHER POSITIONS HELD
•••• 1982 – 2002: Coordinator, CINDI Lithuania (Countrywide Integrated Noncommunicable Disease Intervention, WHO/EURO coordinated programme)
•••• 1993 until present: Coordinator, Health Promoting Hospitals Network, WHO coordinated programme
•••• 1995 – 2000: Member, National Research Council Advisory Committee
•••• 1997 until present: Member, Advisory Committee for the Evaluation of National Health Programme Implementation
•••• 1998 – 2000: Member, European Advisory Committee for Health Research
•••• 2000 – 2001: Coordinator, Health and Health Care Systems Research, WHO coordinated project
•••• 2000 until present: Member of Editorial Board of Scientific Journals “Medicina”, “Bendrosios praktikos gydytojas” (General Practitioner), “Visuomenës sveikata” (Public Health)
•••• 2000 until present: Member, National Health Council
•••• 2003 until present: Member, National Scientific Committee for Food and Nutrition
•••• 2005 until present: Chair, Research Committee of National Rector's Conference
•••• 2005 until present: Member, Governance Board, International HPH Network
•••• 2005 until present: Member, Steering Committee, Baltic Sea Region University Network (BSRUN)

PUBLICATIONS
More than 300 scientific publications in international and national peer-reviewed journals and other publications

Contact:
Eiveniu str. 4, LT-50009 KAUNAS, LITHUANIA
Telephone: (37037) 302951; 327206
Fax: (37037) 302959
E-mail: irenmisev@kmu.lt