Dr. Marques received her M.D. from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and trained in Internal Medicine at the same institution. She and her husband moved to the United States in 1986.  She spent 2 years at NIH and 5 years at Harvard Medical School as a research fellow before coming to UAB to train in Pathology.  She has been a faculty member since 1998 in the Laboratory Medicine sections of Apheresis, Coagulation and Transfusion Medicine.  She has been very active in national societies having been an ASFA Board member for 8 years and President from 2014-2015, as well as President of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) from 2016-2017.  She loves to share her experiences, joys and setbacks with others, always focusing on what can be learned and applied in the future. Faculty Profile:  https://scholars.uab.edu/display/henrique