Ligita Jancoriene, MD, PhD, is a Professor in the Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Dermatovenerology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Medical Faculty, Vilnius University and an infectious diseases specialist and head of the Centre of Infectious Diseases of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos. She graduated from Vilnius University Medical faculty in 1989 and finished her residency in gastroenterology in 1993. From 1996, she has been working in the Vilnius University Hospital, from 1997, in Vilnius University, and from Jun 2016, she has been a Professor of Vilnius University. During her PhD studies, she received clinical training in infectious diseases in the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (1999-2003). In 2003, she defended her thesis in the field of treatment of CHC. In 2004, she received a license for medical practice in infectious diseases and gastroenterology. She was involved in the coordinating committee of the Lithuanian consensus process of management of CHC and HIV infection. She is member of the steering group for the development of a National Viral Hepatitis Strategy. She has been co-principal and principal investigator in more than 35 clinical trials in treatment and prophylaxis of viral hepatitis B and C, influenza, and adult vaccination. Ligita is the author of 54 scientific articles in 30 journals listed in the CA WoS database, as well as the author and co-author of 3 medical textbooks and methodological monographs.