Ave Minajeva, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Pathological Anatomy at the University of Tartu and a specialist in pathology. She graduated in medicine from the University of Tartu in 1992, earned her PhD in 1998, completed postdoctoral training at Heidelberg University, and qualified as a pathologist in 2009. Her academic and clinical experience spans pathological anatomy, digital pathology, cancer microenvironment research, and endometrial biology. She has authored or co-authored 69 scientific publications, including studies on the Pathadin whole-slide image analysis toolkit, stromal changes in prostate cancer, and computational and molecular analysis of the human endometrium. She was a founding member and Chair of the Estonian Digital Pathology Society from 2018 to 2021. Passionate about medical education, she has introduced Team-Based Learning (TBL) into pathology teaching and has submitted her first research manuscript on TBL. Since 2025, she has served as a University of Tartu Ambassador for Good Teaching. Her recognitions include the University of Tartu Good Teaching Grant and a national Quality Label for her e-course in Pathological Anatomy.