Structure Polish Academy of Sciences

About the team

The Interdisciplinary COVID-19 Advisory Team to the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences was set up on 30 June 2020. The team is chaired by Prof. Jerzy Duszyński, President of the PAS, with Prof. Krzysztof Pyrć (Jagiellonian University) as deputy chair and Dr. Anna Plater-Zyberk (Polish Academy of Sciences) as its secretary. Other members of the team are: 

• Dr. Aneta Afelt (University of Warsaw)
• Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska (Jagiellonian University)
• Prof. Radosław Owczuk, MD (Medical University of Gdańsk)
• Dr. Anna Ochab-Marcinek (PAS Institute of Physical Chemistry)
• Dr. Wojciech Paczos (PAS Institute of Economics, Cardiff University)
• Dr. Magdalena Rosińska, MD (National Institute of Public Health NIH – National Research Institute)
• Prof. Andrzej Rychard (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology PAN),
• Dr. Tomasz Smiatacz, MD (Medical University of Gdańsk)

Position statements and publications

Position statements and publications:

Position Statement No. 32: What can be done to prevent a tragedy from occurring again in the fall of 2022?

Position Statement No. 31: Is it significant that the end of the pandemic in Poland was announced on April Fool's Day?

Position Statement No. 30: Now We Are Together

Position Statement No. 29: Low vaccination rates in Poland are harming the economy

Position Statement No. 28: Omikron strikes – save yourself and your country

Position Statement No. 27: Omicron is a threat to each one of us

Position Statement No. 26: What we can learn from those who have responded best to the pandemic?

Position Statement No. 25: Omicron – a new variant of SARS-CoV-2

Position Statement No. 24: Appeal of the COVID-19 Advisory Team to the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences urging booster vaccinations

Position Statement No. 23: COVID-19 Across Borders – Joint Statement of the COVID-19 teams of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Position Statement No. 22: A third dose – is the third time indeed the charm?

Position Statement No. 21: Broader data access crucial for the fight against the pandemic to be effective

Position Statement No. 20: A call for urgent and consistent implementation of VMT procedures in schools – ventilation, masks, testing

Position Statement No. 19: A voice on the issue of mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations

Position Statement No. 18: Public communication during the pandemic – transparency and responsibility

Position Statement No. 17: An appeal regarding the upcoming 2021–2022 school year

Position Statement No. 16: Between one wave and another – the current lull should not cause us to relax our vigilance

Position Statement No. 15: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on selected minority groups in Poland

Position Statement No. 14: The morality of vaccination – On vector vaccines

Position Statement No. 13: Lessons from the pandemic: strengthen health care, invest in science and education, and build trust

Position Statement No. 12: The new normal – There will be no quick return to the pre-pandemic world

Position Statement No. 11: Understanding the vaccine – the individual perspective

Position Statement No. 10: Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the mental health and education of children and adolescent

Position Statement No. 9: Scenarios for 2021 and comments

Position Statement No. 8: On 21 December 2020, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced its evaluation of the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech – called Comirnaty – as safe for humans and effective in preventing COVID-19

Position Statement No. 7: COVID-19 Advisory Team: Vaccination is the only rational solution which will help us defeat the pandemic

Position Statement No. 6: COVID-19 Advisory Team Position Statement on the need to change testing strategy

Position Statement No. 5: COVID-19 Advisory Team Position Statement on the need of strategy for managing the pandemic in times of social unrest

Position Statement No. 4: COVID-19 Advisory Team Position Statement on the dangers of trusting in herd immunity

Position Statement No. 3: Urgent Appeal on the Ongoing COVID-19 Crisis

Position Statement No. 2: On students returning to school in September 2020

Position Statement No. 1: Pandemic denial is shameful and unethical

Chronicles of a Pandemic 2020–2021

Understanding COVID-19. Report of the COVID-19 Advisory Team at the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Other information:

• COVID-19 Advisory Team in the Polish Senate
• PAS President appoints an interdisciplinary COVID-19 Advisory Team

• On-line conferences registration fees funding process
• Application form for funding to cover registration fees for participation in a conference online
• On-line conference participation report