Sandra Tafulo (PT)

Invited Speaker

HLA Laboratory Director · Portuguese Institute for Blood and Transplantation · Porto

Sandra Tafulo
Biography Click to expand

Sandra Tafulo is currently the HLA Laboratory Director in Porto Blood and Transplantation Center, Oporto, Portugal. Sandra completed Biochemistry degree in 1998, a MSc degree in Molecular genetics in 2006, MSc degree in Clinical Analysis in 2012, and her PhD degree in Biomedical Science from Oporto University in 2021. Sandra has been an active member of EFI, serving as an EFI Inspector since 2016, in EFI External Proficiency Testing from 2022-2023, in EFI Accreditation Committee since 2023 and in EFI Executive Committee since 2025, and ASHI being member of the ASHI International Committee since 2023 and ASHI board since 2025.

New HLA Tools Changing Transplant Matching Click to watch
Sandra Tafulo
How are new HLA tools changing transplant decision-making?

In this short preview, Sandra Tafulo shares how advanced antibody testing and rapid high-resolution sequencing are improving donor matching and risk assessment.

Programme roles

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Room C4.4
Invited Speaker SOTA/Thematic Session Histocompatibility
Transplanting Against the Antibody Odds
Lecture Overview of new HLA tools for measuring antibodies and rapid high resolution sequencing