Dr Tan Geok Chin is a Professor of Pathology, and Consultant Anatomical Pathology at Faculty of Medicine. He received his training in anatomical pathology in the National University of Malaysia and subsequently received his PhD degree at Imperial College London where he studied the characteristics of microRNA isomers in Stem Cells. His work led to the discovery of diverse function of isomiRs and their evolutionary importance and it was published in Nucleic Acid Research. Subsequently, he completed the Paediatric Pathology Fellowship training in Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian Journal of Pathology and received the Malaysia Research Star Award as one of the top journals in Malaysia in 2025. He has also received multiple excellent service awards (2007 and 2019), including Best article award from Medical Journal of Malaysia and Best Poster Award from Royal Society, Edinburgh. He is a fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia and holds a number of positions in the College of Pathologists and Malaysia Medical Council. He is a member of the credentialing committee of Anatomical Pathology, MMC. He is a member of the continuous professional development (CPD) committee of the CPath, AMM. He was the past Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation of the Faculty of Medicine, UKM (2020-2023).