History

Professor Reis-Filho holds a joint medical degree from University of Porto, Portugal and Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil. After finishing his histopathology training at the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Portugal, he did his PhD on breast cancer molecular pathology at the Breakthrough Research Centre where he was appointed Team Leader of the Molecular Pathology Laboratory in 2006. In 2007, Professor Reis-Filho was awarded the CL Oakley Lectureship by the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland and was the recipient of the BACR Translational Research Award. Professor Reis-Filho is the associate editor for molecular pathology of The Journal of Clinical Pathology and is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Pathology, Laboratory Investigation, The International Journal of Surgical Pathology and of the international advisory board of the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Professor Reis-Filho is a Fellow of The Royal College of Pathologists, an elected member of the Council of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and a member of the Cancer Research UK Translational Research in Clinical Trials Committee.