About me
Education:
1977 graduated from Kaunas Secondary School No.5 with a Gold Medal
1983 graduated from Kaunas Medical Institute, Medical Faculty.
1989 defended a Doctoral dissertation and was awarded PhD.
Work experience:
Since 2009 Director of The Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS
l989 – 2009 Director of Lithuanian AIDS Centre.
Pedagogical activities in various Universities of Lithuania (Kaunas University of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius Pedagogical University,Mykolas Romeris University ).
Since 2012 Professor at Mykolas Romeris University.
Over 20 years of administrative work experience. Comprehensive scientific and practical expertise, experience cooperation with society and both inter-sectoral and international cooperation. International expert (World Health Organization, United Nations, the European Commission, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), UNICEF, IUSTI. etc.); experience in international project management.
Social activities:
Modern public health advocate.
I have actively participated in forming modern concept of public health in Lithuania: (one of co-authors of Lithuanian Health Programme 1998; Member of
National Drug Control Commission and National Health Council under the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (2001-2005), and various National inter-sectoral working groups.
Since 2008 a freelance expert on public health care issues for Health Committee of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
ECAD Advisory Board member
Member of various World AIDS Conference Organisation/Scientific Committees
Research:
Author and co-author of two studies, 25 methodology publications, over 500 scientific articles, abstracts, reports, etc.
Member of magazines Public Health and Virology (in Russian) Editorial Board.
Member of New York Academy of Sciences.
Foreign languages spoken: English and Russian
Marital status
Married to Irma Caplinskiene, medical doctor and University lecturer, with 3 children.