Agnieszka Kinsner-Ovaskainen

Team Leader in the Disease Prevention Unit

European Commission Joint Research Centre

Dr. Agnieszka Kinsner-Ovaskainen is a team leader in the Healthcare Quality Team at the European Commission Joint Research Centre, within the Directorate for Health and Food.

Agnieszka graduated as a medical doctor from the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, and obtained her PhD in Life Sciences from University of Konstanz, Germany. She also holds a Mater in Public Health the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.  

She currently works in the team coordinating the European Commission initiatives on cancer screening and care, tackling the six most prevalent cancer sites. In particular, she is coordinating the launch of the two new EC initiatives on lung and prostate cancer.

By developing evidence-based guidelines for screening and diagnosis of cancer, as well as a voluntary quality assurance schemes for cancer services, the EC initiatives on cancer aim to provide essential levels of quality care equally accessible across Europe.  

Updated: January 2026