Rui M. Gil da Costa graduated as a veterinary surgeon in 2003 from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal. After practicing as an official veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom, he earned his MSc degree in Oncology, a Residency in Veterinary Pathology, and his Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Porto’s Abel Salazar Institute for Biomedical Sciences. He first undertook post-doctoral studies at the University of Porto Faculty of Engineering and the Portuguese Institute of Oncology and then at Dr. Peter Nelson’s Lab (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center). He is now a Senior Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Maranhão (São Luís, Brazil) and remains a collaborating member of three Portuguese research groups: CI-IPOP, CITAB, and LEPABE. His work largely focused on translational cancer research and is presently centered on genitourinary malignancies and tumors induced by human papillomavirus.