Professor Jan Lubiński (habilitated doctor of medical sciences) is an expert in clinical cancer genetics and pathomorphology.
Head of the Department of Oncology and of the Department of Genetics and Pathomorphology at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin. A pioneer of research on the heritability of cancer, especially breast and ovarian cancer linked to mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
His scientific work has contributed to the development of cancer prevention in Poland and worldwide. In 1999–2001 he carried out the world’s first population-based genetic and oncological prevention programme.
