She received her BS/ MS in Molecular Biology/Chemistry from the Yerevan University in Armenia and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Organic Chemistry from the Institute of Element Organic Compounds, Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia. Anush did her post-doctorial training at the University of Washington with Linda Sandell in the Department of Orthopedics studying the extracellular matrix proteins including the N-propeptide of type IIA procollagen and its interaction with TGFbeta1 and BMP-2 proteins. She continued her postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Daniel Bowen-Pope in the Department of Pathology focusing on biochemical characterization, functional studies and signal transduction pathways regulated by PTPRQ and Phogrin, novel transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatases with PTEN-like lipid-phosphatase activities.