Dr. Margaret Simonian MPhil, PhD earned her doctorate in Advanced Medicine from the Australian School of Advanced  Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She has served as a Research Scientist at  Macquarie University and later as a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Neurology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Centre  

For many years, Dr. Simonian has been with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles  UCLA, where she has made significant contributions to both research and academic teaching in her field. Her research focuses  on the application of Proteomics, Molecular Biology, and Radioproteomics in biomarker discovery and in advancing drug  development and therapeutic strategies for diseases such as Brain Arteriovenous Malformations AVMs, Brain Tumors, and  Liver and Prostate Cancers.  

Notably, her pioneering work on Brain AVMs, which started at Macquarie Uni and continued at UCLA, was the first worldwide  to employ proteomics to identify protein targets for vascular and molecular therapy following radiosurgery. This  groundbreaking research has led to numerous publications and continues today at Macquarie University. Her proteomics  research on liver cancer Hepatocellular Carcinoma HCC is also among the few such studies conducted on an international  scale.  

While working at UCLA, she initiated and fostered collaborations at the John Wayne Cancer Institute Los Angeles), and the  Scripps Research Institute San Diego), resulting in several publications. More recently she has been leading initiatives at UCLA  to integrate proteomics with radiology imaging contributing to the establishment and advancement of the emerging field of  radioproteomics. The objective of this work is to enhance diagnostic accuracy and support personalized treatment strategies  for cancer patients undergoing radiological therapies.  

Dr. Simonian serves as an Editor and Editorial Board Member for multiple scientific journals, as well as a recognized peer  reviewer for many others. She is also a member of the Organizing Committee for the International Conference on Precision  Medicine.  

She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, presented her work at numerous international conferences, and has  received multiple awards and certificates of achievement. In addition, she lectures university courses in Chemistry and  Biochemistry.