Semir Vranić

M.D. degree, University of Sarajevo School of Medicine (2004)

UICC Lifetime Fellow, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (2010)

Pathologist, Clinical Center of the University of Sarajevo (2011)

Ph.D. degree, Zagreb University School of Medicine (2012)

Research associate, Zagreb University School of Medicine (2013)

Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Sarajevo School of Medicine (2016–2017)

Assistant Professor of Pathology, College of Medicine, Qatar University (2017–2021)

Associate Professor of Pathology, College of Medicine, Qatar University (2021–)

Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH) (December 2022–)

Department of Pathology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (2008–2009)

Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy (2012–2013)

Breast cancer pathology (special types of breast carcinomas)

Precision medicine biomarkers (immune therapy, targeted therapy)

Molecular pathology of rare tumors and molecular diagnostics

Genitourinary pathology

Surgical pathology (diagnostics)

Scientific publishing and ethics, journal editing

Organizer and course coordinator of the Bryan Warren School of Pathology (formerly Bosnian-British School of Pathology) in collaboration with BDIAP (since 2007)

President of the Association of Pathologists and Cytologists of FBiH (2015–2017)

Guest editor: Special issue of Acta Medica Academica — Advances in Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology, with Prof. Ivan Damjanov (May 2021)

Peer-reviewer (since 2011) for >90 biomedical journals including BMC Cancer, Histopathology, Mod Pathol, J Clin Pathol, Cancers, Oncotarget, PLoS One, Int J Cancer, Cancer Communications and many others

Current

• Editor-in-Chief, Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences / Biomolecules and Biomedicine (2015–)
• Academic Editor, PLOS One (2018–)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Laboratory Physicians (2019–)
• Editorial Board, Acta Medica Academica (2020–)
• Editorial Board, Central European Journal of Paediatrics (2020–)
• Editorial Board, PathologyOutlines.com

Previous

• Consulting editor, Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy (2015–2019)
• Associate Editor, Cancer Cell International (2019–2020)
• Editorial Board, Annals of Translational Medicine (2017–2021)

Undergraduate medical students — courses in general and systemic pathology, including:

• Genetic and developmental diseases
• Fundamental principles of cancer biology and pathology
• Lung and mediastinal pathology
• Endocrine pathology
• Breast pathology
• Gynecological pathology
• Genitourinary pathology

Postgraduate medical (biomedical) students:

• Microscopic methods in cancer research
• The role of pathology in cancer research
• The role of pathology in precision medicine
• Advances in molecular pathology of breast cancer
• Predatory journals

Breast training program in a European Breast Unit (sponsored by the European Society of Mastology), City Hospital Nottingham, UK (2008)

American Cancer Society International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators (ACSBI) (2008)

UICC Lifetime Fellow (2010)

Visiting Fellowship in Breast Pathology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust / King's College London (2012)

Post-doc Fellowship at the University of Turin (Italy), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands (2012)

Most productive Ph.D. student at Zagreb University School of Medicine (2012)

"The Rising Stars in Pathology" award by The Pathologist (2016)

Member of the Council for Science and Art, University of Sarajevo (2016–2017)

Academic Research Award, Qatar University (2020)

Top 2% Scholars worldwide, Stanford University (2021–2023)

European Association for Cancer Research (2005–)

European Society of Pathology (ESP) (2006–)

Clinical Genetic Society of Croatia (2007–)

United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) (2010–)

Fellow and Life Member of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) (2010–)

European Network of Uropathology (2011–)

ESP Working Group for Breast Pathology (2011–)

World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) (2015–)

Council of Science Editors (2015–)

Association of Basic Medical Sciences of FBiH (2015–)

Association of Pathologists and Cytologists of FBiH (2015–)

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (2016–)

Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH) (2022–)