Jarosław Pinkas has been professionally associated with the School of Public Health, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education since 2009, where he is the head of the Department of Lifestyle Medicine, and in the years 2018–2024, he was the director/dean at this institution. He obtained his Ph.D. in medical sciences in 2002 at the Medical Academy in Lublin. In 2018, he obtained his postdoctoral degree in medical sciences at the Institute of the Polish Mother's Health Center. In 2021, he received the academic title of professor of medical sciences and health sciences in the discipline of medical sciences. From 25 June 2018 to 18 June 2024, he served as a national consultant in the field of public health. In 2020, he was elected a member of the Public Health Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the term 2020–2023. In 2023, he was re-elected. In 2021, he was appointed by the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda as a member of the Health Protection Council. In 2021–2023, he sat on the Supervisory Board of the Polish Security Printing Works. His research interests include public health; lifestyle medicine; tobacco prevention; vaccination; and smoking.