Sigita Lesinskienė

Professor Sigita Lesinskiene is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, researcher and lecturer.  Leads Clinic of Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania. She has graduated with studies in pediatrics, the fellow program in Child and adolescent psychiatry, then-doctoral studies. Defended dissertation for PhD in 2000, the title of thesis "Autistic disorder among children of Vilnius". Fields of scientific activity and research: epidemiological studies, student health, autistic spectrum, tics, hyperkinetic disorders, depression, suicide, self-injurious behavior, eating disorders, Covid-19 and mental health, psychiatric services, doctor professional communication, psychosomatics, art therapies. Project leader in the number of national and international research projects, the leader and scientific supervisor of the students' research network group in the Faculty of Medicine since 2001. Regularly participates at the National and International Congresses of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Family Doctors and Pediatricians. She was the president of the Lithuanian Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists 2008-2012 and 2020-2022. 2010 -2014 she was member of IACAPAP (International Association of Child Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions) Executive Committee (assistant), 2014-2018 vice president and regional coordinator of the IACAPAP for Eastern Europe countries.