Rate My Professor Alina Miranda

Dr. Alina Miranda serves as Senior Lecturer and Unit Coordinator in Anatomical Pathology at Curtin University, within the Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Medical School, and School of Biomedical Sciences. She earned her Bachelor of Science with Honours in Molecular Genetics from Curtin University and her PhD from the University of Western Australia. Her PhD research focused on MUC1 in the pathogenesis of malignant mesothelioma, supervised by researchers including J. Creaney, A. Nowak, and S. Mutsaers.

Dr. Miranda's academic interests center on cytopathology, encompassing cytological smears, ancillary testing, cell block manufacturing from smears, fine needle aspiration findings such as parasitic infections in liver masses, glandular abnormalities in cervical smears, and adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix. Key publications include "Manufactured Cell Blocks: Turning Smears into Sections" (2019), "An unexpected finding of Fasciola hepatica in an FNA of a liver mass" (2014), "Adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix" (2004), "Predictive value of diagnoses of endocervical glandular abnormalities in cervical smears" (2003), and "Designing authentic simulations in ROSE and EBUS for undergraduate laboratory medicine students" (2020, co-authored with Alison Kelly, Vincent Williams, and Michelle Kelly). These works have accumulated 74 citations on ResearchGate. She has also contributed to recent studies on simulation-based learning, including five years' experience in therapy of serious infections and barriers to simulation in pharmacy programs.

In her teaching role, Dr. Miranda develops authentic simulations for clinical decision-making, such as rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE), endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), and antibiotic selection for infections, enhancing student outcomes in laboratory medicine. She participates in teaching and learning grants with colleagues and coordinates units like Anatomical Pathology and Foundations of Biomedical Science (MEDI1000). Her pathology expertise has been sought for external research on liver processes.