Katarzyna M. Czabanowska MA, PhD, assistant professor at the Department of International Health, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Her scientific interests are in qualitative research inquiry, cultural aspects of health and disease, Life Long Learning in European Public Health, competence-based education, identification of skill gaps between the expectations of job market and taught curricula, self-assessment and interculturality. She developed specialised courses based on the integration of content and language approach in the area of public health. Previously worked as an assistant professor and head of International Affairs at the Institute of Public Health Jagiellonian University Medical College, she is a Honorary Research Fellow at The Sheffield University.