Marija Jakubauskiene is a public health expert and associated professor of public mental health at Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine. Dr Jakubauskiene is the vice president of the Public Mental Health Section of EUPHA (European Public Health Association) and has been actively involved in the field of public mental health as a researcher, lecturer and expert. Main research interests are determinants of public mental health, violence, suicides, assessment of mental health policy and services.