BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//AUA Newsroom - ECPv6.2.9//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:AUA Newsroom X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://newsroom.aua.am X-WR-CALDESC:Events for AUA Newsroom REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Yerevan BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 TZNAME:+04 DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20220923T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20220923T173000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20220919T100234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T110740Z UID:49732-1663948800-1663954200@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Haroutune Armenian's Book Presentation: Epidemics and Mortality in the Parish Records of Diasporan Armenian Churches (1732-1982) DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe presentation of the newly published “Epidemics and Mortality in the Parish Records of Diasporan Armenian Churches (1732-1982)” book\, authored by the President Emeritus of the American University of Armenia\, founding dean of the Turpanjian College of Health Sciences Dr. Haroutune Armenian will take place on September 23\, 2022\, at Akian Art Gallery. \nFor centuries\, data on births\, baptisms\, marriages\, and deaths of the population of Armenian origin have been recorded in Armenian church parish records\, as a result\, becoming a rich source of demographic data and providing an opportunity to study the patterns of development of Armenian society in the context of various historical and environmental events. \nThe book presents an epidemiological analysis of data taken from church parish records of the population of Armenian communities in 11 countries\, covers a period of 250 years\, and makes a number of remarkable discoveries. \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Haroutune K. Armenian is Professor in Residence of epidemiology at the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA) Fielding School of Public Health and served as the Associate Dean of Academic Programs. He is Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\, where he received his MPH and Dr.P.H. degrees (1972-4). His career in epidemiology has spanned a number of countries and regions of the world. He has special interests in the application of epidemiologic methods to health services research and chronic diseases. He is one of the earliest to apply epidemiologic methods to study the effects of the civil war at the population level during the 1980s in Lebanon\, and the long-term effects of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia. In the 1980s\, he pioneered epidemiologic research by using Armenian Church parish records to study infant mortality as well as other health indicators in 16 diasporan countries over a timeframe of 300 years. His more recent research includes the 23-year follow-up of survivors of the earthquake in Spitak. Dr. Armenian’s academic and development leadership has included program development at the Ministry of Health in Bahrain\, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut\, director of the MPH Program at Johns Hopkins University\, and dean of the College of Health Sciences at the American University of Armenia (AUA). As president of AUA for fourteen years\, he was at the forefront of the establishment of novel educational and development programs in Armenia and the Middle East. Recent awards include the Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal for Excellence in Education and the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\, the Movses Khorenatsi Presidential Medal of Service in 2001 from the Republic of Armenia\, the Presidential Medal of the Order of Cedars from the Republic of Lebanon\, and membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha medical and Delta Omega public health honorary societies. Dr. Armenian is also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London and a member of the American Epidemiological Society. He has been on the central executive council of the Armenian Church in Lebanon\, as well as on the executive of the Hamazkaine Cultural Association and the Karageuzian Foundation. Dr. Armenian has been for 15 years the Editor in Chief of Epidemiologic Reviews and on the editorial board of a number of professional journals and publications. He has published over 100 scientific papers and peer reviewed chapters as well as 20 books. He recently published two collections of his watercolors and prose-poetry in Armenian and English: Colors and Words and Past Here Does Not Yet Melt. The latter was composed while they climbed Mount Ararat in an AUA expedition led by Sona Armenian to Ararat and Western Armenia in 2006. In 2009\, he published a new textbook on the Design and Applications of the Case-Control Method at Oxford University Press and became the supervisor of the Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health at the King Saud University in Riyadh\, Saudi Arabia. In Armenia\, he continues to lead the Turpanjian Rural Development Program with over 250 businesses established in the villages and 600 people trained in entrepreneurship. \nLanguage: Armenian URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/haroutune-armenians-book-presentation/ LOCATION:Akian Art Gallery\, Paramaz Avedisian Building\, American University of Armenia\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/09/EIH_Panel_Discussion_Armenian-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20220928T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20220928T150000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20220922T125344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T110800Z UID:49893-1664373600-1664377200@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Social Drivers of Chronic Diseases: the Case of Heart Health in Armenia DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nIn the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic\, there is heightened awareness of health disparities and their social drivers globally. This awareness is especially relevant to chronic diseases\, which account for over 70% of deaths worldwide each year. In Armenia\, chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease account for 93% of all deaths. A primary way of decreasing the burden of chronic disease is by reducing risk factors like stress\, tobacco use\, unhealthy diet\, and physical inactivity. This presentation will discuss the social determinants of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors\, as well as provide opportunities for attendees to engage a panel of experts in an interactive discussion. \nThe event will salute the Word Heart Day celebrated annually on September 29 to spread awareness of cardiovascular disease worldwide. Our quality discussion of cardiovascular disease prevention and control will help the audience discover means to promote their heart health. \nPlease follow this link to register. \nAbout the Speaker \nDr. Carla J. Berg\, is a professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Prevention and Community Health within George Washington University‘s Milken Institute School of Public Health and associate center director for Population Sciences and Policy at George Washington University Cancer Center. Her research focuses on multilevel determinants of health behavior. In particular\, her research examines tobacco and marijuana use in the context of related policies and marketing influences; policy adoption\, implementation and evaluation; and developing and testing scalable behavioral interventions to reduce chronic disease risk and burden.\n\n \nAbout the Panelists \nDr. Nour Alayan is an associate professor and the inaugural chair of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at the Turpanjian College of Health Sciences at the American University of Armenia (AUA). She is an experienced nurse clinician\, researcher\, and educator with a focus on health behavior change and the use of complementary and bio-behavioral approaches that support mental health and well-being. Dr. Alayan completed her Ph.D. in Nursing at Rutgers\, the State University of New Jersey (2017) and her M.S. in Nursing (2008) and B.S. in Nursing (2004) at the American University of Beirut. Dr. Alayan’s research work has two arms: (1) clinical research that is based on mind-body science and investigates bio-behavioral treatment\, such as heart rate variability biofeedback\, and (2) health promotion and primary care research that investigates evidence-based interventions\, such as Motivational Interviewing and Screening\, Brief Intervention\, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). Dr. Alayan is also a Stop Smoking Practitioner and a behavioral health specialist. She uses holistic interventions such as Motivational Interviewing\, hypnosis\, biofeedback\, and emotional freedom techniques to support mental health and well-being. \nKristine Poghosyan received her medical degree in 2004 at Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU). In 2007\, she completed her Adult Cardiology Residency at Malatia Hospital\, YSMU. After residency\, she continued her education and clinical work at Nork Marash Medical Center (NMMC) in the Adult Cardiology Fellowship Program (2007-2009) and Intensive Cardiology Fellowship Program (2009-2011). In 2018\, she received her Master of Public Health degree from AUA. She received a merit-based scholarship from AUA and won the competition of “Best Student among Masters’ in the sphere of Medicine\,” MOES. Dr. Poghosyan published her MPH thesis project “External Validation of Leipzig-Halifax Scores for Aortic Dissection in Armenia” with her advisors Lusine Abrahamyan\, Michael E. Thompson\, and Yeva Sahakyan in the peer-reviewed journal Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals in 2020. Since 2011\, she has worked as a cardiologist in the department of Adult Cardiology at NMMC. Currently\, she is a fellow in the Avetis Health Informatics Program and interested in the development and improvement of electronic health in Armenia. URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/social-drivers-of-chronic-diseases-the-case-of-heart-health-in-armenia/ LOCATION:Alex and Marie Manoogian Hall\, PAB\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/09/TCHS_Sep_28_Banner-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20220928T173000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20220929T190000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20220920T133836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T134241Z UID:49864-1664386200-1664478000@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:The Camino and Us: By the Footpath of the Messenger DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \n“The Camino is not determined by the chosen pathway\, nor by religion\, language\, or culture. The Camino is a self-sustaining structure\, seeded by faith. Everyone tries to build his own Camino… his own Camino\, which never ends\, and forces us to come back to it”.\n©️ Haroutune K. Armenian\n_____ \nThe event represents the journey of Haroutune and Sona Armenian through the 700 km pilgrim route to Santiago De Compostella. The sights of this unique European pathway are represented in the watercolor paintings created by Dr. Haroutune Armenian during the journey. In addition\, thoughts and feelings experienced during the journey are reflected in the book “The Camino and Us: By the Footpath of the Messenger.” \nThe AUA Turpanjian College of Health Sciences will host the Painting Exhibition and Book Presentation on September 28 and 29\, at the Akian Art Gallery. \nThe event is open to the public. \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Haroutune K. Armenian is Professor in Residence of epidemiology at the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA) Fielding School of Public Health and served as the Associate Dean of Academic Programs. He is Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\, where he received his MPH and Dr.P.H. degrees (1972-4). His career in epidemiology has spanned a number of countries and regions of the world. He has special interests in the application of epidemiologic methods to health services research and chronic diseases. He is one of the earliest to apply epidemiologic methods to study the effects of the civil war at the population level during the 1980s in Lebanon\, and the long-term effects of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia. In the 1980s\, he pioneered epidemiologic research by using Armenian Church parish records to study infant mortality as well as other health indicators in 16 diasporan countries over a timeframe of 300 years. His more recent research includes the 23-year follow-up of survivors of the earthquake in Spitak. Dr. Armenian’s academic and development leadership has included program development at the Ministry of Health in Bahrain\, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut\, director of the MPH Program at Johns Hopkins University\, and dean of the College of Health Sciences at the American University of Armenia (AUA). As president of AUA for fourteen years\, he was at the forefront of the establishment of novel educational and development programs in Armenia and the Middle East. Recent awards include the Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal for Excellence in Education and the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\, the Movses Khorenatsi Presidential Medal of Service in 2001 from the Republic of Armenia\, the Presidential Medal of the Order of Cedars from the Republic of Lebanon\, and membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha medical and Delta Omega public health honorary societies. Dr. Armenian is also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London and a member of the American Epidemiological Society. He has been on the central executive council of the Armenian Church in Lebanon\, as well as on the executive of the Hamazkaine Cultural Association and the Karageuzian Foundation. Dr. Armenian has been for 15 years the Editor in Chief of Epidemiologic Reviews and on the editorial board of a number of professional journals and publications. He has published over 100 scientific papers and peer reviewed chapters as well as 20 books. He recently published two collections of his watercolors and prose-poetry in Armenian and English: Colors and Words and Past Here Does Not Yet Melt. The latter was composed while they climbed Mount Ararat in an AUA expedition led by Sona Armenian to Ararat and Western Armenia in 2006. In 2009\, he published a new textbook on the Design and Applications of the Case-Control Method at Oxford University Press and became the supervisor of the Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health at the King Saud University in Riyadh\, Saudi Arabia. In Armenia\, he continues to lead the Turpanjian Rural Development Program with over 250 businesses established in the villages and 600 people trained in entrepreneurship. \nLanguage: Armenian URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/the-camino-and-us-by-the-footpath-of-the-messenger/ LOCATION:Akian Art Gallery\, 434W\, PAB CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/09/Dr_Armenian_Book_Presentation_Photo_Exhibit.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221015T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221015T140000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20220916T134232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220916T134539Z UID:49724-1665835200-1665842400@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Master of Public Health (MPH) Program-Specific Open House DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nJoin us for an AUA Master of Public Health (MPH) program-specific open house at the AUA Students Union\, Room #004N\, PAB. This is an opportunity to network with current MPH students\, alumni\, faculty\, and staff. \nDuring the Open House\, we will discuss: \n• What is the field of public health about? \n• How does public health impact our lives? \n• The MPH program and its structure. \n• Application requirements\, procedure\, and deadlines. \n• AUA tuition and financial aid. \n• Public Health career opportunities. \n• Question/answer session. \nPrior registration is required. Please confirm your participation by registering here. \nHave questions? Contact us: \nPhone: (+374 60) 61 25 92\, (+374 55) 05 02 17 \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/mph-program-specific-open-house/ LOCATION:AUA Students Union\, Room #004N\, PAB\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/09/AUA_Oepn_House_MPH_web_2022.png ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221018T180000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221018T190000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20221006T131142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221017T090357Z UID:50379-1666116000-1666119600@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Initiative Webinar: Health and Public Health Informatics — An Introduction DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of informatics in healthcare. Armenia has a mandate to implement national EHR\, most recently implementing electronic vaccination records for COVID. This initiative webinar introduces public health informatics as a field and the various forms of public health data surveillance used in the United States. We’ll explore the digitalization of patient health records from the standpoint of both providers and patients. Additionally\, we’ll discuss key issues related to the adoption of health information technology systems such as access\, health literacy\, privacy\, and security. Finally\, we’ll explore how qualified innovative training programs can facilitate the implementation of health informatics projects in Armenia through innovative methods. \nPrior registration is required. Please register here.  \nAbout the Speakers: \n\nDr. Armine Lulejian is program director of the Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship in Armenia\, assistant professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC)\, and associate director of Informatics Education\, Training\, and Outreach at the USC Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CS-CTSI). Currently\, Armine is the president of the University of California\, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health Alumni Association and board member at the Analysis\, Research\, and Planning for Armenia (ARPA) Institute.\nDr. James W. Dickhoner is director of International Digital Health at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and program executive director for Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship. He works with a number of digital health projects both abroad as well as in the US. Additionally\, he teaches Human Health and Technology at the USC Iovine and Young Academy and is involved with KidsX Digital Health Accelerator. Prior to joining CHLA\, James co-founded the digital health company Orderly Health.\n\nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/initiative-webinar-health-and-public-health-informatics-introduction/ LOCATION:Zoom webinar CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences,Open Centers of Excellence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/10/Initiative_Seminar_Banner-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221026T170000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221026T183000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20221021T074757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T074757Z UID:50909-1666803600-1666809000@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Dr. Gregory Kazandjian: Repair of Minor Gingival Discrepancy for Everyone DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe dentist mentor of Entrepreneurs in Health (EIH) program‘s beneficiaries\, Dr. Gregory Kazanjian\, will deliver an offline lecture on the topic “Repair of Minor Gingival Discrepancy for Everyone.” \nThe event will be held on June 8 at 17:00 at the Akian Art gallery of the American University of Armenia (AUA). \nPrior registration is required. Please register here. \nAbout the Speaker: \nGregory Grigor Kazandjian was born on October 5\, 1947 in Bucharest\, Rumania. He moved to Beirut\, Lebanon with his family in 1962\, and graduated from the high school after St. John’s Academy in 1963. From 1966 to 1970\, Kazandjian studied at the College of Catholic Church and received his undergraduate degree in Humanities and Social Sciences. From 1970 to 1975\, he studied at the Georgetown University School of Dentistry in Washington. \nDr. Kazandjian worked at Veterans Medical Center in New York since 1978 as a dentist\, then as a director of the General Dentist Specialization Program and director of the Dental Specialization Program. He is a member of “American Dental Association\,” “Sigma Xi Research Organization\,” “American Dental Therapy Association\,” “International and American associations for Dental Research\,” and “Oral Cancer Organizations of Washington.” \nDuring his student and working years\, Dr. Kazanjian has been awarded a number of certificates. In 2005\, he received the Award for Best Educator at the American Academy of Dental Medicine as the best instructor in the field and the New York Veterans’ Health System Award for 30 years of dedicated service to the government of the United States. \nDr. Kazanjian also has a number of scientific publications to his credit. \nLanguage: Armenian URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/kazandjian-repair-of-minor-gingival-discrepancy-for-everyone/ LOCATION:Akian Art Gallery\, Paramaz Avedisian Building\, American University of Armenia\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/10/TCHS_EIH_Gingival_Discrepancy.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221108T180000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221108T190000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20221103T073403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T073403Z UID:51193-1667930400-1667934000@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Initiative Webinar: Health Informatics Examples DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nHealth Informatics Examples is the second event in the series of initiative webinars on Health Informatics hosted by the AUA Open Center for Transformative Health Solutions and co-organized with the Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship Program. \nThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of informatics in healthcare. Armenia has a mandate to implement national EHR\, most recently launching electronic vaccination records for COVID. This series of initiative webinars introduce public health informatics as a field and the various forms of public health data surveillance used in the United States. \nDuring the webinar\, we’ll explore the digitalization of patient health records from the standpoint of both providers and patients. Additionally\, we’ll discuss key issues related to the adoption of health information technology systems\, such as access\, health literacy\, privacy\, and security. Finally\, we’ll explore how qualified innovative training programs can facilitate the implementation of health informatics projects in Armenia through innovative methods. \nPrior registration is required. Please register here. \nAbout the Speakers: \nArmine Lulejian is program director of the Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship in Armenia\, assistant professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC)\, and associate director of Informatics Education\, Training\, and Outreach at the USC Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CS-CTSI). Currently\, Armine is the president of the University of California\, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health Alumni Association and board member at the Analysis\, Research\, and Planning for Armenia (ARPA) Institute. \nJames W. Dickhoner is director of International Digital Health at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and program executive director of the Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship. He works with a number of digital health projects both abroad as well as in the U.S. Additionally\, he teaches Human Health and Technology at the USC Iovine and Young Academy and is involved with the KidsX Digital Health Accelerator. Prior to joining CHLA\, James co-founded the digital health company Orderly Health. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/initiative-webinar-health-informatics-examples/ LOCATION:Zoom webinar CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences,Open Centers of Excellence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/11/Health_Informatics_Banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221118T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221118T170000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20221114T101611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T180053Z UID:51426-1668787200-1668790800@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Health Informatics: Systems and Tools DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \n“Health Informatics: Systems and Tools” is the third installment in the initiative seminar series on health informatics. We will discuss systems and tools in the realm of health informatics and address challenges to their application in Armenia. Topics include medical record systems\, along with their associated ontology (medical concept vocabulary); interoperability with other systems; and sharing patient records. We will also discuss some examples of applications of AI\, machine learning\, and data science to enhance health informatics knowledge acquisition. Finally\, we will provide a path to utilizing pre-developed analytical tools for application to patient care and knowledge discovery. \nPlease register for the event at the following link. \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Barry Levine is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at San Francisco State University (SFSU). His interests currently focus on e-health/health Informatics and has led numerous global and graduate student projects in that area. In 2001 he created the CIS Program at American University of Armenia. He served as director of the program for 10 years. Other projects included serving as a lead for the African Virtual University World Bank project\, as well as department Chair for the CS Department at SFSU. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/health-informatics-systems-and-tools/ LOCATION:American University of Armenia\, 40\, Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, 0019\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences,Open Centers of Excellence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/11/Health_Informatics_Nov_18_Banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221206T170000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221206T180000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20221205T072039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221205T072039Z UID:51728-1670346000-1670349600@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Health Informatics Projects DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe AUA Open Center for Transformative Health Solutions continues its series of Initiative Seminars on Health Informatics in collaboration with the Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship Program. This time we are going to discuss two health informatics projects: \n1) international normalized ratio (INR) control after mechanical valve replacement: eHealth solutions and \n2) electronic quantification and management for laboratory supplies for TB in the National Center of Pulmonology. \nThe projects are carried out by Avetis Health Informatics fellows. Please register here. \nAbout the Speakers: \n\nKristine Poghosyan is a fellow of the Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship in Armenia. She is also a cardiologist at Nork-Marash Medical Center. Her educational background includes a medical degree in cardiology from Yerevan State Medical University and a master’s in public health from AUA.\nRuzanna Movsesyan is a fellow of the Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship in Armenia. She is also a chief specialist at the National center of pulmonology\, individual consultant for the implementation of training on uploading data into the electronic healthcare system under the Breast Cancer and Breast Mammography Screening Pilot Program for primary care physicians. Her educational background includes a master’s degree in engineer programming from the State Engineering University of Armenia and a master’s degree in business administration in healthcare management from Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi.\n\nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/health-informatics-projects/ LOCATION:Room 133W\, Paramaz Avedisian Building CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences,Open Centers of Excellence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/12/Health_Informatics_Dec_6_Banner-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221216T170000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20221216T180000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20221214T135822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221215T142815Z UID:52169-1671210000-1671213600@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Initiative Seminar: Health Informatics Projects DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe AUA Open Center for Transformative Health Solutions continues its series of Initiative Seminars on Health Informatics in collaboration with the Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship Program. This time\, we are going to discuss two health informatics projects: (1) the integration of Armenian laboratories to the unified system\, and (2) an e-test platform for the Armenian healthcare practitioner certification procedure. The projects are carried out by Avetis Health Informatics fellows. \nPlease register here. \nAbout the Speakers: \nEmin Manukyan is a fellow of the Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship in Armenia. He is a senior developer at National E-Health Operator CJSC. He has a Ph.D. in software engineering\, control\, and automation. \nKristine Sargsyan is a fellow of the Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship in Armenia. She works at the National Institute of Health (NIH)\, MoH\, and Glasbo Diagnostic Clinic. Her background includes endocrinology and public health. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/initiative-seminar-health-informatics-projects/ LOCATION:Zoom webinar CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences,Open Centers of Excellence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2022/12/Event-Banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230207T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230207T150000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230202T133810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T133810Z UID:53363-1675778400-1675782000@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Leadership in Science & Medicine: Presence & Vulnerability DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe American University of Armenia (AUA) College of Health Sciences (CHS) is hosting Professor Gary D. Hammer\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, for an engaging presentation on Leadership in Science & Medicine. \nAbout the Speaker: \nGary D. Hammer\, M.D.\, Ph.D. is Professor in Departments of Internal Medicine (MEND)\, Cell & Dr. Gary D. Hammer is a professor in the departments of Internal Medicine (MEND)\, Cell & Developmental Biology\, and Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan (UofM) School of Medicine. He currently serves as director of the Endocrine Oncology Program at the Rogel Cancer Center\, where he holds the Millie Schembechler Professorship in Adrenal Cancer. He is the former director of the Center for Organogenesis: Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine. He has brokered the recent renaissance of the current Michigan team of adrenal scientists\, which is a who’s who in the study of adrenal disease. He received the UofM Jerome Conn Award for Outstanding Research in Internal Medicine\, the Endocrine Society Edwin B. Astwood Award for Outstanding Research\, and is a member of ASCI and AAP. He has served in numerous leadership roles at UofM and in the public and private sectors\, including his recent tenure on the Board of Scientific Advisors for NCI. He is the editor of four textbooks\, including Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine (McGraw Hill) and the adrenal section editor for Degroot’s Endocrinology (Elsevier). He has served in numerous capacities for the world’s largest endocrine organization\, the Endocrine Society\, including his most recent role as president of the society (2020-2021). An advisor to the Congressional H.E.L.P. committee\, he co-authored the 21st Century Cancer ALERT (Access to Life-Saving Early detection\, Research and Treatment) Act’ introduced in Congress in 2009. He has been a catalyst for the formation of two international cooperative groups\, most recently the A5 (American Australian Asian Adrenal Alliance)\, which leverages collaboration to secure projects from Pharma and funding agencies across the spectrum of adrenal diseases. He is a co-founder of two companies — MILLENDO and SLING THERAPEUTICS — that focus on rare endocrine diseases. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/leadership-in-science-medicine-presence-vulnerability/ LOCATION:Akian Art Gallery\, Paramaz Avedisian Building\, American University of Armenia\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/02/CHS_GaryHammer_Feb7_2023.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230216T180000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230216T190000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230210T124835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T080534Z UID:53538-1676570400-1676574000@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Webinar: Become an Entrepreneur in Health DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe AUA “Entrepreneurs in Health” (EIH) program was launched by the AUA Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS) in collaboration with the AUA Turpanjian Rural Development Program (TRDP). It aims at improving access to quality health services in rural communities by supporting entrepreneurs in establishing or expanding their private health practices. Join us to learn about the program\, its structure\, benefits\, the application process\, and requirements. If interested\, please register here. \nAbout the Speaker: \nAstghik Atanyan M.D.\, MPH\, AUA EIH program coordinator\, Onanian Center for Health Services Research and Development (CHSR) research associate\n \nLanguage: Armenian URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/webinar-become-an-entrepreneur-in-health-2/ LOCATION:Zoom webinar CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/02/SPH_FB_Webinar_2023-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230218T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230218T140000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230210T130533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230210T130533Z UID:53543-1676721600-1676728800@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Presentation of AUA CHS Health Programs in Vanadzor\, Lori DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe AUA College of Health Sciences (CHS)\, in collaboration with the AUA Open Education Lori is hosting an Information event about AUA CHS health programs in Vanadzor.\nThe session will cover the AUA “Entrepreneurs in Health” program\, as well as AUA Master of Public Health (MPH) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs (BSN).\n \nLanguage: Armenian URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/presentation-aua-chs-health-programs-vanadzor-lori/ LOCATION:AUA Open Education Vanadzor\, 12 Shinararneri str. (Vanadzor Technology Center)\, Vanadzor\, Lori\, Armenia CATEGORIES:AUA Open Education,Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/02/CHS_OE_Recruitment_-Vanadzor-02.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230225T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230225T140000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230206T090322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T115705Z UID:53446-1677326400-1677333600@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Master of Public Health (MPH) Program-Specific Open House DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nJoin us for an AUA Master of Public Health (MPH) program-specific open house at the AUA Student Union\, Room #004N\, PAB. This is an opportunity to network with current MPH students\, alumni\, faculty\, and staff.\n \nDuring the Open House\, we will discuss:\n\nWhat is the field of public health?\nHow does public health impact our lives?\nThe MPH program and its structure\nApplication requirements\, procedure\, and deadlinee\nAUA tuition and financial aid\nPublic Health career opportunities\nQuestion/answer session\n\nPrior registration is required. Please confirm your participation by registering here.\n\nIn case of questions\, contact us at: (+374 60) 61 25 92 or (+374 55) 05 02 17\n \nLanguage: English\n  URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/master-public-health-mph-program-specific-open-house-2023/ LOCATION:AUA Students Union\, Room #004N\, PAB\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/02/AUA_Open_House_2023.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230302T110000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230302T140000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230220T073853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230220T073853Z UID:53624-1677754800-1677765600@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Initiative Seminar | Digital Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Armenia DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nAUA Open Centers of Excellence for Transformative Health Solutions and Innovation Advancement in collaboration with the Armenian Association for Digital Health (AADH)\, Russian-Armenian Slavonic University (RAU)\, Research & Education Center of Digital Health (CDH)\, and Milimed healthcare startup will host an Initiative Seminar on “Digital Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Armenia”. The main goal of the seminar is to review the current state of digital health in Armenia and the world and to explore collaboration opportunities between actors\, with a special focus on digital health education and research and development agenda. The event is open to students and academics in digital health and related fields\, public and private actors\, and interested enthusiasts.  \nPrior registration is required. Please register here. \nAbout the Speaker: \nGeorgi Chaltikyan\, MD\, PhD is a Professor of Digital Health\, Global and International Healthcare Management at European Campus Rottal-Inn (ECRI)\, a branch of Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DITECRI) in Bavaria\, Germany\, and the Founding President of Armenian Association of Digital Health (AADH). He is a graduate of the Yerevan State Medical University in Armenia; he has been trained as a general surgeon and spent about 20 years in clinical practice in general and laparoscopic surgery. He has extensive experience in healthcare education\, research\, and management. From 2001-2009 he has served as an associate professor at Yerevan State Medical University and has taught medicine and surgery to undergraduate and postgraduate students (in English\, Armenian and Russian languages). In 2009-2010 he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Keck School of Medicine\, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles\, USA. In 2010-2015 he worked in private surgical practice at a large multi-profile hospital. He has more than 12 years of work experience in the field of Digital Health. As the founding president of a non-governmental organization Armenian Association of Digital Health (AADH)\, he has been instrumental in the design and implementation of a number of successful Digital Health projects with international participation. \nProf. Chaltikyan joined the Faculty of ECRI at its launch in 2015; he is the Program Head of Master of Digital Health (MDH) and is responsible for other study courses in healthcare and Digital Health. He also leads international collaborative projects and programs\, such as DITECRI’s institutional membership in\, and partnership with such notable organizations as Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)\, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH)\, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)\, European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI)\, German Digital Medicine Society (DGDM)\, and HL7 Germany\, as well as for the participation in the Consortium of Educational Institutions in Digital Health (CONEDIG) under the auspices of the ISfTeH\, of which DIT-ECRI is a Founding Member. He has publications on different aspects of Digital Health\, is involved in several research and development projects in the field\, and is a frequent keynote speaker and moderator at international conferences. His main research focus is on Global Digital Health and Digital Health Education. Since 2019 he is a WHO Digital Health Consultant. He is a cofounder and head of the Armenian Digital Health Initiative being currently developed and implemented under the auspices of the Government of Armenia. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/initiative-seminar-digital-health-opportunities-and-challenges-for-armenia/ LOCATION:Akian Art Gallery\, Paramaz Avedisian Building\, American University of Armenia\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences,Open Centers of Excellence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/02/Initiative_Seminar_March_2_Updated.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230418T153000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230418T173000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230412T133218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T133218Z UID:54637-1681831800-1681839000@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Modern Drug Discovery Platform: From Computers to Pills DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nAs a professor at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences\, the University of California San Diego\, and the founder of Molsoft LLC\, Dr. Abagyan will bring a wealth of expertise to the table. With extensive experience in academia and industry\, he will provide valuable insights into the latest developments in drug discovery. \nAbout the Speaker: \nRuben Abagyan is a professor at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences\, University of California San Diego\, and Molsoft LLC founder. After graduating MIPT summa cum laude and receiving a Ph.D. in Biophysics from MSU\, he spent 5 years at the European Institute of Molecular Biology in Heidelberg\, Germany as a staff scientist; then he moved to New York University as an associate professor of biochemistry and mathematics in NYU Medical School and Courant Institute of Mathematics\, and the director of Computational Chemistry and IT at the NYU Skirball Institute. He founded Molsoft\, LLC; became director of Computational Chemistry at the Novartis Institute of Functional Genomics in San Diego\, and spent 10 years as a tenured professor at the Scripps Research Institute before joining UCSD. He published more than 300 articles and chapters that have been cited over 40\,000 times\, achieving an H-index of 96\, and i10-index of 305. He has been serving on high profile international review and advisory panels in the EU\, UK\, Switzerland\, Hong Kong\, and on several boards of directors of biotech startups. He received CapCure awards\, UCSD teaching excellence awards\, top 1% most performing and cited faculty\, and Princess Diana award and medal. In 2023\, his DrugArts project in Armenia was funded by FAST.\n \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/modern-drug-discovery-platform-from-computers-to-pills/ LOCATION:PAB room 213W\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences,Science & Engineering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/04/CSE_Ruben_Abagyan_Banner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Akian College of Science and Engineering (CSE)":MAILTO:info@aua.am, cse@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230426T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230426T173000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230327T101828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T101828Z UID:54403-1682524800-1682530200@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Research opportunities within AUA EIH and TRDP programs DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nOn Wednesday\, April 26\, AUA President Emeritus Dr. Haroutune K. Armenian will be leading a seminar on research opportunities for AUA faculty and graduate students within Entrepreneurs in Health (EIH) and Turpanjian Rural Development (TRDP) programs. Both programs are targeting rural development in Armenia\, Artsakh\, and Javakhk.\n \nEIH aims at increasing access to quality health services in rural communities and regional small towns through supporting health entrepreneurs in establishing and expanding their private health practices meanwhile addressing the gap of health services in the area. EIH consists of several components\, including educating current and future entrepreneurs in the fields of entrepreneurship\, healthcare quality assurance\, healthcare accounting as well as preventive dentistry; it provides opportunities to finance private initiatives\, offers continuous professional support\, and fosters professional development\, assuring collaboration with diaspora health professionals through mentorship as well as additional support to entrepreneurs operating in border communities. EIH supports more than 20 private enterprises all across Armenia\, including family medicine\, cardiology\, radiology\, dental\, and other private practices.\n \nTRDP aims at rural development through establishment of new businesses in various fields in rural communities of Tavush\, Shirak\, and Vayots Dzor regions of Armenia\, as well as Artsakh and Javakhk. It provides future entrepreneurs with knowledge and skills in entrepreneurship and helps finance their initiatives.\n \nAbout the Speakers:\n \nDr. Haroutune K. Armenian is a professor in residence of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and was the associate dean of Academic Programs; he is professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where he received his MPH\, and Dr.P.H. degrees (1972-4) and his M.D. from the American University of Beirut in 1968\, where he specialized in internal medicine. His career in epidemiology has spanned a number of countries and regions of the world. He has special interests in the application of epidemiologic methods to health services research and chronic diseases. He is one of the earliest to apply epidemiologic methods to study the effects of the civil war at the population level during the 1980s in Lebanon\, and the long-term effects of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia. In the 1980s\, he pioneered epidemiologic research by using Armenian Church parish records to study infant mortality as well as other health indicators in 16 diasporan countries over a timeframe of 300 years. His more recent research includes the 23 year follow up of the survivors of the earthquake in Armenia. Dr. Armenian’s academic and development leadership has included program development at the Ministry of Health in Bahrain\, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut\, director of the MPH Program at the Johns Hopkins University\, and dean of the College of Health Sciences at AUA. As president of AUA for fourteen years\, he was at the forefront of the establishment of novel educational and development programs in Armenia and the Middle East. His recent awards include the Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal for Excellence in Education and the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\, the Movses Khorenatsi Presidential Medal of Service in 2001 from the Republic of Armenia\, Presidential Medal of the Order of Cedars from the Republic of Lebanon\, and membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha medical and Delta Omega public health honorary societies. Dr. Armenian is also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London\, and a member of the American Epidemiological Society. He has been on the central executive council of the Armenian Church in Lebanon as well as on the executive of the Hamazkaine Cultural Association and the Karageuzian Foundation. Dr. Armenian has been the editor in chief of Epidemiologic Reviews for 15 years and served on the editorial boards of a number of professional journals and publications. He published over 100 scientific papers and peer reviewed chapters\, as well as 20 books. He recently published two collections of his watercolors and prose-poetry in Armenian and English: Colors and Words and Past Here Does Not Yet Melt. The latter was composed while they climbed Mount Ararat in an AUA expedition led by Sona Armenian to Ararat and Western Armenia in 2006. In 2009\, he published a new textbook on the Design and Applications of the Case-Control Method at Oxford University Press\, and became the supervisor of the Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health at the King Saud University in Riyadh\, Saudi Arabia. In Armenia\, he continues to lead the TRDP program with over 250 businesses established in the villages and 600 people trained in entrepreneurship.\n \nLanguage: Armenian URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/research-opportunities-within-aua-eih-and-trdp-programs-2023/ LOCATION:Akian Art Gallery\, Paramaz Avedisian Building\, American University of Armenia\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/03/TCHS_EIH_Research_Seminar.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230511T173000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230511T183000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230510T124438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T124456Z UID:55289-1683826200-1683829800@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Առողջության համապարփակ ապահովագրության ներդրման վերաբերյալ քննարկում DESCRIPTION:Միջոցառման մասին \nՀայաստանի ամերիկյան համալսարանի Թրփանճեան առողջապահական գիտությունների ֆակուլտետը ՀՀ Առողջապահության նախարարության հետ համատեղ հրավիրում է պանելային քննարկման՝ Առողջության համապարփակ ապահովագրության ներդրման վերաբերյալ։\n \nՕրակարգ\n \n-Բացման խոսք․ Լենա Նանուշյան\, ՀՀ առողջապահության նախարարի առաջին տեղակալ\n \n-Առողջության համապարփակ ապահովագրության հայեցակարգի ընդհանուր ներկայացում․ Սամվել Խարազյան\, ՀՀ առողջապահության նախարարի խորհրդական\n \n-Առողջության համապարփակ ապահովագրության օրենքի նախագծի ներկայացում․ Շուշան Ղուկասյան\, փորձագետ\n \n-Քննարկում\n \n-Ամփոփում\n \nԼեզու՝ հայերեն\n  URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/%d5%a1%d5%bc%d5%b8%d5%b2%d5%bb%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%a9%d5%b5%d5%a1%d5%b6-%d5%b0%d5%a1%d5%b4%d5%a1%d5%ba%d5%a1%d6%80%d6%83%d5%a1%d5%af-%d5%a1%d5%ba%d5%a1%d5%b0%d5%b8%d5%be%d5%a1%d5%a3%d6%80%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%a9/ LOCATION:Faculty Center\, PAB\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/05/TCHS_Panel_Discussion_May_11.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230614T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230614T130000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230601T132649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230613T110803Z UID:55793-1686744000-1686747600@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Public Health DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nArtificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of the human intelligence process by computers. It is described as the use of techniques that enable computers to mimic human behavior. Advances in AI impact medicine and public health. The presentation will describe ten main applications of AI in medicine\, focusing on its impact on drug development. Those applications include the identification/validation of drug targets\, design of new drugs and repurposing of existing ones\, predicting pharmacological properties\, 3D characteristics\, and drug–target association to improve and fasten the R&D efficiency. AI techniques have been shown to play an important role in pre-market drug safety by predicting toxicity risks. The presentation will describe the main players and tools in the field\, collaborations with Pharma and Biotech\, and new regulatory frameworks to promote the use of AI algorithms while controlling the risk of false positives. \nPrior registration is required through this link. \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Ada Azaryan is a Physician and Research Scientist with successful scientific and clinical research experience. She is an alumna of the Yerevan State Medical University (Internal Medicine Physician). She holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology (Institute of Molecular Biology\, Moscow\, USSR) and a Dr. Sci. degree in biochemistry (Institute of Biochemistry\, Yerevan). As a research scientist\, Dr. Azaryan has a record of established experience in the field of neurochemistry of opioid peptides and receptors and studied psychostimulant tolerance and dependence mechanisms (NICHD\, NIH; USUHS). Since 2000\, she worked as a research physician in the preclinical and clinical development of new drugs and biologics in the global pharmaceutical industry\, including Celgene USA and Genmab USA. Dr. Azaryan is a clinical trialist with many years of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance experience in a management role. Her portfolio includes early and late phase development investigational products in many therapeutic areas\, including oncology and immunology. Dr. Azaryan worked extensively with investigational products to treat B-cell hematologic malignancies (myelomas\, lymphomas) and in post-marketing studies of proprietary oncology products. She served as Safety Lead Physician in the successful submission/approval and marketing of Pomalyst (pomalidomide) for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and Otezla (apremilast) for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in USA and EU. Dr. Azaryan is a recipient of Clinical Research Physician Fellowship. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/artificial-intelligence-in-medicine-and-public-health/ LOCATION:Room 208E\, PAB\, American University of Armenia\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/06/TCHS_Artificial_Inteligence_in_Medicine_Banner_2023.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230719T170000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230719T190000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230707T121624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230710T073503Z UID:56658-1689786000-1689793200@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:The Role of Genetics and Epigenetics in Modern Medicine DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nAchievements in modern medicine would have been impossible without progress in science. The scientific and technological explosion that started in the 20th century in the field of genetics led to transformative developments in medicine. The rapid evolution of epigenetics further influenced modern medicine\, allowing a deeper understanding of the roles of genetic inheritance and environment in health and disease. Also\, it allows us to have more accurate diagnoses and more effective prevention and treatment. \nJoin us as we discuss the role of genetics and epigenetics in modern medicine. \nAbout the Speaker: \nRoza Selimyan\, Ph.D.\, is the executive director of Academic Affairs and Educational Resources at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is also an adjunct senior lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and is a visiting professor at the American University of Armenia. \nRoza Selimyan earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Rostock (Germany) and her master’s in genetics from Yerevan State University (Armenia). Her expertise also includes epigenetics\, cancer\, and aging\, among others. Dr. Selimyan is an active advocate of health (with an emphasis on prevention)\, science\, and education. \nLanguage: Armenian URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/the-role-of-genetics-and-epigenetics-in-modern-medicine/ LOCATION:Akian Art Gallery\, Paramaz Avedisian Building\, American University of Armenia\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/07/TCHS_EIH_Role_of_Genetics.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230908T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20230908T150000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230905T090827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T090827Z UID:57934-1694181600-1694185200@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Nursing Outcomes Research and Primary Care Delivery for Older Adults by Nurse Practitioners DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe number of advanced practice nurses\, such as nurse practitioners (NPs)\, is growing significantly in the United States (U.S.). NPs are registered nurses with either master’s or doctoral training and scope of practice that allows them to assess\, diagnose\, treat patients\, and prescribe necessary medications and tests to assure patients receive high-quality care. In the near future\, almost one-third of all primary care providers in the U.S. will be NPs. This workforce plays a key role in delivering safe\, high-quality care\, particularly to older adults with chronic conditions. This seminar will present and discuss research on the policy and organizational barriers affecting the optimal utilization of the primary care NP workforce and the care that NPs deliver to older adults. \nAbout the Speaker: \nLusine Poghosyan\, Ph.D.\, MPH\, RN\, FAAN\, is the Stone Foundation and Elise D. Professor of Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Poghosyan is also the executive director of the Center for Healthcare Delivery Research and Innovations at Columbia University. She is an internationally recognized nurse scientist with health services research expertise and studies primary care organizations\, the nursing workforce\, teamwork\, and quality of patient care\, particularly for older adults with chronic diseases\, racial and ethnic minority patients\, and those living in underserved areas. Her research produces evidence to support the optimal use of nurse practitioners as primary care providers and build direct care teams to ensure patients have access to timely\, safe\, and high-quality primary care. This work is key to eliminating persistent health disparities. \nDr. Poghosyan is the principal investigator on multiple federal and foundation-funded research projects supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities\, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality\, National Institute on Aging\, National Institute of Nursing Research\, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, American Nurses Foundation\, and National Council of State Boards of Nursing\, among others. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the New York Academy of Medicine. She will join the AcademyHealth Board of Directors in December 2023. She served as past chair of the Primary Care Expert Panel at the American Academy of Nursing and past chair of AcademyHealth’s Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues Advisory Board. Dr. Poghosyan has been recognized for her contributions and is a recipient of multiple awards\, including the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame from Sigma Theta Tau International\, the American Nurses Foundation Scholar award\, Mentorship and New Investigator Awards from AcademyHealth’s Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues\, and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar award. \nDr. Poghosyan received her Master of Public Health degree at the American University of Armenia (AUA). As a proud alumna of the University\, she is excited to share her expertise with the next generation of nursing professionals. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/nursing-outcomes-research-and-primary-care-delivery-for-older-adults-by-nurse-practitioners/ LOCATION:Akian Art Gallery\, Paramaz Avedisian Building\, American University of Armenia\, 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/09/Lusine_P_Health_Seminar.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231009T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231009T150000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230927T131013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T131013Z UID:58236-1696860000-1696863600@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:The Evolution of the Tobacco Landscape and the Roles of Policy and Industry DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe Armenia-US Collaboration to Address Chronic Disease via Education in Social Determinants Science (ACCESS) Project is offering a series of health seminars devoted to the importance of social determinants influencing non-communicable diseases. This talk will provide an overview of the evolving tobacco market globally\, as the range of alternative tobacco products\, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products\, has diversified. It will examine key socio-structural determinants of tobacco use and control\, particularly concerning policy/regulations and industry influences. \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Carla J. Berg is a professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington (GW) University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and associate center director for Population Sciences and Policy at the GW Cancer Center. Her research focuses on multilevel determinants of health behavior\, including tobacco and cannabis use in the context of related policies and marketing influences; policy adoption\, implementation\, and evaluation; and developing and testing scalable behavioral interventions to reduce chronic disease risk and burden. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/the-evolution-of-the-tobacco-landscape-and-the-roles-of-policy-and-industry/ LOCATION:Faculty Center\, PAB\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/09/Carla-J.-Berg@2x.png ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231010T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231010T150000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230927T131956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T131956Z UID:58245-1696946400-1696950000@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:The Scientist as a Responsible Member of Society DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe Armenia-US Collaboration to Address Chronic Disease via Education in Social Determinants Science (ACCESS) Project is offering a series of health seminars devoted to the importance of social determinants influencing non-communicable diseases and advancing Armenia’s NCD research agenda. In this talk\, Dr. Paul Ndebele will highlight the responsibilities of individual scientists to society\, the environment\, and animals. He will also discuss the responsibilities of the government and institutions in ensuring that scientists can continue serving as a positive force in society.\n \nAbout the Speaker:\n \nDr. Paul Ndebele serves as an assistant director in the Office of Research Excellence in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. He also serves as a professorial lecturer in the Department of Global Health\, teaching four Ethics courses\, including Responsible Conduct of Research. He holds a Ph.D. in Research Ethics from the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. Over the past 20 years\, Paul has held positions in Botswana\, Malawi\, South Africa\, Zimbabwe\, and the United States. He has served as a scholar in four bioethics training programs\, including the Fogarty African Bioethics Training Programme at Johns Hopkins University; SARETI at the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa; Erasmus Mundus Bioethics Programme at Padova University (Italy); and Ethox Centre at Oxford University. Dr. Ndebele has written widely on research ethics\, mainly focusing on justice issues in international collaborative research and improving informed consent for research. He serves on advisory committees for various initiatives and is a member of the George Washington University Institutional Review Board.\n \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/the-scientist-as-a-responsible-member-of-society/ LOCATION:Faculty Center\, PAB\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/09/Paul-Ndebele@2x.png ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231011T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231011T150000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230927T132832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T132832Z UID:58249-1697032800-1697036400@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Road Traffic Injuries: A Global Public Health Problem DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe Armenia-US Collaboration to Address Chronic Disease via Education in Social Determinants Science (ACCESS) Project is offering a series of health seminars devoted to the importance of social determinants influencing non-communicable diseases. Every year\, 1.3 million people are killed in road traffic crashes worldwide. Between 20 and 50 million more people are injured or disabled by these events\, predominantly in low and middle-income countries. Road traffic injuries cause significant social and economic losses to individuals\, their families\, societies\, and countries. These deaths\, injuries\, and losses are a preventable public health problem. \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Nino Paichadze is an assistant research professor in the Department of Global Health and Associate Director of the Center on Commercial Determinants of Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. She has more than a decade of academic and professional experience encompassing medicine and public health\, with a particular focus on research and training for better prevention of and response to chronic conditions and injuries. Through numerous collaborations\, she has sought to develop data-driven solutions to urgent public health challenges. Her research focuses on defining the burden of injuries and non-communicable diseases\, improving data systems using digital health approaches\, understanding the impact of commercial determinants on health outcomes\, and research capacity development in low and middle-income countries. Dr. Paichadze holds a Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\, where she also completed her postdoctoral fellowship\, and a medical degree from Tbilisi State University in Georgia. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/road-traffic-injuries-a-global-public-health-problem/ LOCATION:Faculty Center\, PAB\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/09/Nino-Paichadze@2x.png ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231012T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231012T150000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20230927T122328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T065156Z UID:58219-1697119200-1697122800@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Transforming Trauma: Healing Through Meaning-making & Nurturing Emotional Intelligence DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThis seminar will focus on transforming five kinds of trauma: Individual\, Collective\, Generational\, Vicarious\, and Horizontal. The 7-Step Integrative Healing Model has been utilized successfully locally and globally in over 50 countries & 26 states in the United States. The outcome has been measurable\, and survivors have reported experiences of being empowered\, healed\, strengthened\, in peace\, grounded\, interconnected\, and able to overcome their negative reactions to trauma. They have also reported having embraced healthy coping patterns\, which improves their ability to prepare by staying centered and empowered with new and positive lessons learned. Beginning with interpersonal healing\, the Seven-Step Integrative Healing Model addresses the transformation and collaboration so profoundly needed by our world that is going through violent transitions and demonstrates the interconnectedness of our interpersonal healing and development\, conflict transformation\, happiness and well-being\, and inclusive and sustainable community building and disaster risk reduction. \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Ani Kalayjian\, a licensed multi-lingual and multicultural clinician\, scientist\, practitioner\, professor of psychology at Columbia University\, international consultant\, fellow of the APA\, fellow of New York Academy of Medicine\, ambassador of Psi Chi\, author of six major books and over a hundred of research articles\, 35 years of leadership within the United Nations and its NGO community working closely with others in 50 countries\, and 26 states in USA\, to expand human rights\, peacebuilding\, conflict transformation\, nurturing emotional intelligence\, healing from individual\, collective\, vicarious\, intergenerational & horizontal trauma\, and integrating mind body-eco-spirit. Certified in EMDR\, Electromagnetic Field Balancing\, Yoga\, & Red Cross\, she has been volunteering in Armenia since the devastating earthquake in 1988. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/transforming-trauma-healing-through-meaning-making-nurturing-emotional-intelligence/ LOCATION:American University of Armenia\, 40\, Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, 0019\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/09/Oct-12.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231104T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231104T140000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20231009T063510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231009T063559Z UID:58362-1699099200-1699106400@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Master of Public Health (MPH) Program - Specific Open House DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nJoin us for an AUA Master of Public Health (MPH) program-specific open house at the AUA Student Union\, Room #004N\, PAB. This is an opportunity to network with current MPH students\, alumni\, faculty\, and staff. \nDuring the Open House\, we will discuss: \nWhat is the field of public health? \nHow does public health impact our lives? \nThe MPH program and its structure \nApplication requirements\, procedure\, and deadlines \nAUA tuition and financial aid \nPublic Health career opportunities \nQuestion/answer session \nPrior registration is required. Please confirm your participation by registering with this link: http://surl.li/kzvlp  \nIn case of questions\, contact us at: (+374 60) 61 25 92 or (+374 55) 05 02 17 \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/master-of-public-health-mph-program-specific-open-house-2/ LOCATION:American University of Armenia\, 40\, Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, 0019\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/10/image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231211T190000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231211T200000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20231207T072435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231207T072435Z UID:60094-1702321200-1702324800@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:mHealth Strategies to Improve Providers' Competency and Quality of Cervical Cancer Screening Programs in Resource-Limited Settings DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nDr. Ramin Asgary will present his research on improving access to cervical cancer screening and its task shifting in Africa and the former Soviet States. \nPrior registration is required.  \nPlease go through this link: http://surl.li/nxffc \nAbout the Speaker: \nRamin Asgary\, M.D.\, MPH\, FASTMH\, professor of Global Health\, Medicine\, and International Affairs and director of the Master in Public Health in Humanitarian Health at George Washington University\, is a health services researcher and healthcare educator and practitioner. Primarily trained as an internal medicine physician with a specialization in preventive medicine and implementation research\, he has complementary training in public health\, community medicine\, clinical and translational research\, and comparative effectiveness research.  \nAfter three decades in the field of healthcare\, Dr. Asgary has gained substantial experience and expertise in research\, education\, program development and implementation\, and academic leadership\, nationally and internationally. He started working in humanitarian settings with multiple humanitarian agencies and Doctors Without Borders-MSF in the 1990s as a field physician\, medical coordinator\, director\, and senior health and research advisor in more than two dozen projects in regions including Eurasia/Former Soviet States\, Sub-Saharan/East/South Africa\, and Central America. \nDr. Asgary’s research focuses on some distinct but overarching areas of global public health\, preventive medicine\, healthcare education\, and community service with an underlying theme of health disparities solutions\, nationally and internationally. His current research \nprojects include large-scale cohorts in cervical and breast cancer control strategies using smartphone-based strategies and telehealth in under-resourced settings\, randomized clinical trials assessing the impact of mobile health strategies and SMS texting in improving \ndiabetes and hypertension control and cancer care among homeless persons\, and ethics and accountability in humanitarian settings. \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/mhealth-strategies-to-improve-providers-competency-and-quality-of-cervical-cancer-screening-programs-in-resource-limited-settings/ LOCATION:Zoom webinar CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/12/TCHS_Ramin_Akgary_Banner_01.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231215T170000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20231215T190000 DTSTAMP:20240329T051538 CREATED:20231208T121856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231208T121856Z UID:60148-1702659600-1702666800@newsroom.aua.am SUMMARY:Open Class: Comparative Health Systems DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nDon’t miss your chance to participate in the AUA Master of Public Health Comparative Health Systems Open Class. \nPrior registration is required: https://forms.gle/U3LJFUJwbCLgL4he8 \nLanguage: English URL:https://newsroom.aua.am/event/open-class-comparative-health-systems/ LOCATION:American University of Armenia\, 40\, Baghramyan Ave\, Yerevan\, 0019\, Armenia CATEGORIES:Events Calendar,Health Sciences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newsroom.aua.am/files/2023/12/TCHS_Varduhi_Petrosyan_Banner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Turpanjian College of Health Sciences (CHS)":MAILTO:mphinfo@aua.am, info@aua.am END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR