Simona Gurzu is MD (2005), PhD (2008) and Habilitated Doctor (2013), Consultant Gastrointestinal Pathologist and Professor at the “George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu-Mures, Romania”, Dean of Faculty of Medicine in English that includes a branch in Hamburg, Germany (UMCH), Head of Pathology Department were she founded a Research Center of Oncopathology and Translational Medicine (CCOMT), Invited Associated Professor at Hamamatsu University, Japan, and Invited Researcher at the National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary, and Seoul University, South Korea. Alumni of UNESCO-L’Oreal programme “For women in science”. Research in histological, immunohistochemical, and molecular aspects of tumor and non-tumor lesions, focusing on epithelial-mesenchymal transition and transdisciplinary research and targeted therapy of cancer, mainly gastrointestinal. Academic Editor at journals such BMC Cancer, Frontiers in Medicine, Frontiers in Oncology, Analytical Cellular Pathology, and member in editorial board of several other journals including Pathology Research Practice-Elsevier, Oncology Letters. Total impact factor from papers published in extenso: 364.62 from 175 papers (mainly Q1/Q2 – Wos); 2710 citations; H-index: Google Scholar – 28 (i10 index-88), web of science - 21. Head of 15 projects, member in 26 grants.