Professor Danuta Lietz-Kijak graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry and Public Health–Marketing and Management in Healthcare at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland. She is head of the Department of Propaedeutics, Physical Diagnostics, and Dental Physiotherapy, as well as head of the Dental and Physiotherapy Clinic. The title of her thesis was 'The application of physical diagnostic methods in the diagnosis of oral pathology and the use of physiotherapy in the treatment and rehabilitation of stomatognathic system complications and disorders'. She is the author of 151 articles in Polish and other languages, 24 book chapters, one complete monograph, and two edited works. She has delivered 190 speeches at symposia and Polish and international conferences, as both author and co-author. She has been awarded the Medal of the National Education Commission, the Badge of Merit of the Union of Veterans of Poland and Former Political Prisoners, and the Golden Badge of the Society for Combating Disability.