Professor Wojciech Drygas, MD, PhD, former Head of the Department of Epidemiology, CVD Prevention and Health Promotion, National Institute of Cardiology,Warsaw and Head of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Medical University, Lodz, Poland is engaged since early beginning of his professional career in research and public health activities related to chronic disease prevention and health promotion . He is combining successfully research in epidemiology, NCD prevention and sports medicine with large-scale public health activities and interventions on national and international area. He is the author or co-author of above 550 peer reviewed scientific papers published in recognized, high rank scientific journals including NEJM, Nature, Brit Med J, Lancet, Am J Cardiol, Heart, Prev Med, Int J Sports Med, Eur J Appl Physiol, Hypertension, Eur J Public Health. In 1989 he has got prestigious award of the International Olympic Committee for the best paper in sports medicine presented at the Olympic Congress on Sports Sciences in Barcelona. Professor Drygas was the creator and coordinator of the Great National Physical Activity Campaign “Postaw Serce na Nogi “(Revitalize Your Heart), innovative nationwide educational media campaign “Mind Your Heart “(2003-2008) and the leader of the “Healthy Stadia” EU Project in Poland. Professor Drygas has been involved in main Polish epidemiological studies related to NCD risk factors and health behaviours including WOBASZ, WOBASZ II, NATPOL 2011 and CINDI Health Monitor. For above 25 years he has been also engaged in the CINDI WHO Programme in Poland and at international scale.