Full Professor of Pathology at Medical Faculty of Porto University, Head of Molecular Pathology Unit of Ipatimup, Coordinator of RISE – Health Research Network. He is member of the standing committee of WHO-IARC for Cytopathology, General Secretary of the International Academy of Cytology. Author of more than 435 papers in peer-review journal and 5 books. Editor-in-Chief of Pathobiology.