ANDREA RITA HORVATH, MD, PhD, FRCPath(UK), FRCPA is Director of Chemical Pathology in New South Wales Health Pathology at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Australia. She is conjoint professor of the University of New South Wales, honorary professor of the University of Sydney and a visiting fellow at Macquarie University. Her key research interest and passion is evidence-based laboratory medicine (EBLM), evidencebased evaluation of biomarkers and effectiveness and safety of laboratory testing. She had multiple national and international leadership roles: President of the Hungarian Society of Laboratory Medicine, Secretary of European Communities Confederation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EC4); President of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM); Member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC). She held the 20th and 10th position on The Pathologist’s Power List of the 100 Most Influential Pathology Professionals in 2015 and 2018, respectively