Fátima Carneiro is Emeritus Professor at the University of Porto and Senior Researcher at i3S/IPATIMUP. Her research focuses on the etiopathogenesis and molecular pathology of gastric cancer.

She served as President of the European Society of Pathology (2011–2013) and President of the Portuguese Academy of Medicine (2018–2020). She is a member of the International Gastric Cancer Linkage Consortium (IGCLC) and a Board Member of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences (EACS).

She represented Portugal as a delegate to the Committee for the FP7 Specific Programme “Cooperation” (2009–2013) and was a member of the Mission Assembly for Horizon Europe. She currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the ERA-NET on Translational Cancer Research (TRANSCAN).

She was awarded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology for an “outstanding curriculum” (2005) and received the Order of Infante D. Henrique, Grand Officer grade, awarded by the President of the Portuguese Republic for outstanding services to science (2006). In 2018, she was named “The Most Influential Pathologist in the World” by The Pathologist Power List. In 2024, she received the Marshall & Warren Award in recognition of her commitment and professional dedication to research on Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer.

She is the (co-)author of more than 500 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, including volumes published by the IARC and the UICC (Scopus h-index: 88). She was Co-Editor of the WHO Blue Book on Tumours of the Digestive System (4th edition), a Standing Member of the Editorial Board of the WHO Classification of Tumours series (5th edition), and Expert Member of the WHO Blue Books Editorial Board for the Digestive System Tumours volume (6th edition).