She has been employed by the Centre since 1999. J. Jakutiene is a member of Lithuanian and the World Gastroenterology Research Societies and the European Association for the Study of the Liver. She was Executive Secretary at the Lithuanian Society of Gastroenterology for 8 years. Her area of research is chronic liver diseases. Dr. J. Jakutiene works in the liver transplantation programme. She has been trained at the Berlin Charité Hospital.