Dr. Mikiko Aoki is a lecturer in the Department of Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University. She graduated from the Department of Pathological Structure, Graduate School, Division of Medicine, Fukuoka University, in 2007. In 2008, she was awarded the IAP Japan Branch Pathology Diagnostic Academic Encouragement Award by the International Academy of Pathology. Her research interests include Emmprin, soft tissue tumors, and breast pathology.