CURRICULUM VITAE

Brigita Sitkauskiene, MD, PhD, Professor Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania; October 7, 1969

Addresses: Work- Home- Department of Pulmonology and Immunology Siaures pr. 19-34 Lithuanian University of Health Sciences LT-49192 Kaunas Eiveniu str. 2, LT-50009 Kaunas, Lithuania Lithuania Tel.: +370 37 326551 Fax.: +370 37 337504 Tel.: +370-37-411678 E-mail: Brigita.Sitkauskien [email protected]

Education 1987-1993 studies at Kaunas Medical Academy, Faculty of Medicine. Medical Doctor, 1993. 1993-1994 General residency, Kaunas 2nd Clinical Hospital. 1994-1996 residency of Internal medicine, Kaunas Academic Hospital. 1996-1999 residency of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Kaunas Medical University Hospital. Specialist in Allergology and Clinical Immunology, 1999. 2000 Jan-Feb- training in Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology Department and Pulmonology Department, Ghent University, Belgium. 2003 - Doctor of Biomedical Science (PhD), Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania. Thesis: “Implication of eosinophils in obstructive lung diseases and their kinetics in experimental allergic inflammation” Positions, teaching Since 1999 - allergist-clinical immunologist (License No. MPL-01184), Department of Pulmonology and Immunology, Kaunas Medical University Hospital. 1999–2005 lecturer at the Department of Pulmonology and Immunology, Kaunas University of Medicine. Responsible for the education in Allergology and Clinical Immunology for the medical students and forthcoming specialists at the Kaunas University of Medicine. Since 2002 - Head of the Division for Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pulmonology and Immunology, Kaunas Medical University Hospital/ Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics. 2005-2009 - Associate Professor, Kaunas University of Medicine, Since 2009 – Professor, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Positions, research Since 1996 – have been involved in more than 40 clinical trials: asthma, COPD, allergic rhinitis, hereditary angioedema; II-IV phase, Department of Pulmonology and Immunology, Kaunas Medical University Hospital, since 2003 – principal investigator (>10 clinical trials). Since 1998 - Research Fellow at Laboratory of Pulmonology, Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine. 2001 Apr-2002 Mar, 2002 Nov-Dec Visiting Research Fellow at the Lung Pharmacology Group, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Göteborg University, Sweden (ERS fellowship position). Supervision/doctoral students (main supervisor) Dr K. Stravinskaite (specialist in Pulmonology) since 2004, thesis defended 2008; Dr A. Vitkauskiene (specialist in Microbiology) since 2003, thesis defended 2008; Dr D.Urboniene (specialist in Immunology) since 2003, thesis defended 2010; Dr A.Krisiukeniene (specialist in Allergology and Cl.Immunology) since 2004, thesis defended 2009; Dr E.Hansted (specialist in Pediatric Pulmonology) since 2004, thesis defended 2009; Dr E.Gasiuniene (specialist in Allergology and Cl.Immunology) since 2011. Opponent for PhD thesis: Dr A.Matuzevicius, Vilnius University, Oct 21, 2004; Dr D.Ramasauskaite, Vilnius University, Dec 20, 2005; Dr. E.Griska, Kaunas University of Medicine, May 9, 2008. Publications: -published more than 100 articles and abstracts, field of research - asthma, COPD, mechanisms of allergy, cough reflex sensitivity. (References available on request) Book for medical students and doctors: Sitkauskiene B. Imunodeficitai. Kaunas: KMU leidykla: 2006 (53 pp). Co-author of Lithuanian recommendations: “Lithuanian Consensus on Asthma Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adults” (2005 and 2007), “Diagnosis and Treatment of Urticaria” (2006 and 2010), “Recommendations for Diagnosis and Treatment of Rhinosinusitis, Nasal Polyps and Allergic Rhinitis” (2006). Membership Member of the Board of the Lithuanian Society of Pulmonology and Allergy Member of the Executive Committee of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI); 2007 - 2009 EAACI Member-at-Large Member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), the European Respiratory Society (ERS)

Other appointments and positions Since 2001 – Consultant of the Lithuanian Ministry of Health, responsible for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2002 - winner of the “ERS COPD Local Award” (Stockholm) Since 2005 - Member of the Commission for doctoral studies at the Kaunas University of Medicine/ Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Since 2006 – Coordinator of the GA2LEN collaborating centre – Kaunas University of Medicine 2007 – Annual Award of LIPAM’2007 (Vilnius) Since 2007 – Editorial advisor of the journal Respiratory Medicine Since 2009 - Expert of the European Commission Knowledge of languages Lithuanian, English, Russian, Polish