Speakers

Prof. Andrzej Mariusz Fal graduated from the medical University in 1988, and from the University of Economics in 1996. He is board licensed in allergy, internal medicine and public health. Post-doc studies he spent at Johns' Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA (1997-1999). He has also been trained at National Heart and Lung Institute in London (1990), UK and at the Hospital in Vesteras & University of Lund (2003), Sweden.

Dr. Fal is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Allergy, Pulmonary Diseases and Internal Medicine, Central Clinical Hospital, Ministry of Interior in Warsaw (2010- ), visiting professor at the Department of Public Health, Wrocław Medical University. Prof. Fal published over 300 papers on allergy, pulmonology, public health. He is the editor in chief of three handbooks: two in the field of allergy one in public health. He is the founder and Editor in Chief of “Public Health Forum” (formerly “Contemporary Allergy Info”). He is also a member of several other scientific boards of Polish and international journals.

Dr. Fal is a scientific director of an international project KnowHealth, a member of the Board of Directors of the GLIMMER Initiative (American College of Lifestyle Medcine). On behalf of the Polish Ministry of Science Dr. Fal was a member of the Board of the Polish-American Fulbright Commission. He chaired the Europe and CIS Committee of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology for three terms. He was a member of European Medicinal Agency of the Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT).

In November 2014, he has been elected president of the Polish Society of Public Health and in October 2015 – a member of the public health committee of the Polish Academy of Science.