Prof. Dr. Sonata Jarmalaitė

Sonata Jarmalaite is the Adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania and the professor of Genetics at the Life Sciences Center of Vilnius University. She has M.Sc. in Biology and Medical Biology, M.Sc. in Health management and Politics, and Ph.D. in Biology (Genetics). For a decade she served as Deputy Director for Research and Development at the National Cancer Institute of Lithuania. Her current research activities are mainly focused on translational cancer research and personalized medicine. Sonata Jarmalaite is a committee member of the National Health Council and the Future Biomedicine Foundation, a national representative in EC Cancer sub-group and an expert of Horizon Europe the EU Cancer mission working group, the appointed representative for the Special 1+MG Group of the EU 1MG initiative. She is a recipient of the Lithuanian science prize, the Grand Duke Gediminas cross and St. Kristoforas statuette.