Algirdas Utkus PhD, MD

Prof. Algirdas Utkus is the Dean of Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University, the Head of the Department of Human and Medical genetics, the Chair of the Lithuanian Society of Human Genetics and of the Vilnius Medical Society, a member of the Education Committee of the European Society of Human Genetics. Since 2017 he is a member of the National Health Council of the Republic of Lithuania and a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Medical Schools in Europe. Since 2012, he is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Laboratorinė medicine (Laboratory Medicine) and Sveikatos mokslai (Health Sciences). At the end of 2016, Algirdas Utkus won the City of Vilnius St. Christopher statuette for promoting Vilnius with his scientific work.