Date of birth

8 August 1976

Place of birth

Užventis, Kelmė District, Lithuania

Education

2004

PhD in Biomedicine

2004

Residency in Psychiatry

1994–2000

Medical Doctor, Kaunas Medical Academy (currently Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

1994

Secondary School in Užventis (currently Šatrijos Ragana Gymnasium)

Work experience

2015–2016

Professor, Department of Health Psychology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

2011–2016

Head, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

2009–2015

Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine (subsequently Department of Health Psychology), Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

Since 2004

Medical Doctor, Psychiatrist

Political career

No party affiliation

Miscellaneous

Involvement: initiator and co-founder, Kaunas Youth Narcological Aid Centre (2000); co-founder and President (2004), National Tobacco Control Coalition; drafting of ASPECT Consortium report for the European Commission on tobacco control in the enlarged European Union (2004); freelance expert, Seimas Committee on Health Affairs (2008); public adviser to Prime Minister on prevention of tobacco, alcohol and drugs (2009–2012); President, Lithuanian National Tobacco and Alcohol Control Coalition; Chairman, Bishop Motiejus Valančius Temperance Movement; Member, Health Council, Kaunas City Community; Chairman, Board of Balys Buračas Gymnasium in Karmėlava

Membership: Advisory Committee, European Network on Young People and Tobacco (ENYPAT); National Health Council (2005–2012); Board of the European Network for Smoking Prevention (since 2008); Board of the Nordic Alcohol and Drug Policy Network NORDAN (since 2009); Public Health Council, Kaunas City Municipality

Foreign languages: English, Russian

Hobbies: books, numismatics, woodwork

Family

Married with three children