Minister of Health Rafał Szumowski appointed sixteen experts who will sit in the Scientific Council of the Medical Research Agency. Their task will be to give opinions on the research activities of the institution and the rules for the distribution of financial resources.

The Scientific Council includes Prof.  Marcin Moniuszko – head of the Department of Allergy and Internal Medicine at the Medical University of Bialystok, Prof. Waldemar Priebe – Professor of Medicinal Chemistry; Department of Experimental Therapeutics; Division of Cancer Medicine; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Prof. George Wilding – Vice President and Deputy Chief Academic Officer; Clinical and Interdisciplinary Research; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Prof. Christopher JL Murray – Chair and Professor of Global Healh at the University of Washington; Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE).