Prof. Vinood B. Patel earned his BSc Pharmacology (Hons) at the University of Portsmouth in 1992, and earned his PhD at King's College London in 1997. After completing his PhD, Vinood continued his research experience by undertaking his post-doctoral studies in the laboratory of Professor Cunningham in the Department of Biochemistry at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (Winston-Salem, NC, USA). His teaching areas at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels include clinical biochemistry, investigative pathology, and diagnostic laboratory investigation.