Tuesday, 25 December 2012
By Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s decision, Varduhi Petrosyan was appointed Adviser to Prime Minister as a volunteer.
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Varduhi Petrosyan
Date and Place of Birth
July 9, 1971, Yerevan
Education
1988-1993 – Yerevan State University, Department of Biology, Honor Diploma
1998-2000 – Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, University of Idaho, Environmental Science Program, Master of Science (MS) degree, Master Thesis “Lead Contamination and Exposure Issues in the United States and Armenia”
2000-2005 – Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, PhD, Doctoral Dissertation “Determinants of Health Care Spending Using a Cointegration Approach”, PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) degree
Career Experience
1993-1998 – International Post-Trauma Rehabilitation Center, Laboratory Assistant
1997-1998 – Center for Health Services Research and Development, American University of Armenia, Research Assistant
1999-2000 – Moscow, Idaho, USA, TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering, Inc., Environmental Scientist
2000-2005 – Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Research Assistant
2003 – Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Teaching Assistant
2003 to present – Faculty in the American University of Armenia College of Health Sciences, since 2006 - Assistant Professor, Associate Dean of the College of Health Sciences, Director of the Center for Health Services Research and Development, since 2012 - Associate Professor
Since December 25, 2012 – Adviser to RA Prime Minister on a voluntary basis
Other Details
Dr. Petrosyan is an Associate Professor at the American University of Armenia, has 21 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and 36 published scientific abstracts. She has led many health services research projects in Armenia and authored/co-authored 44 reports about those projects. She has extensively presented her work at international scientific meetings and conferences, organized many seminars, workshops, panel discussions and trainings. She has been elected to the Delta Omega Alpha Chapter of the USA National Public Health Honorary Society in April 2006. Since 2011, she is the Associate Editor of the International Journal for Equity in Health, an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal presenting evidence relevant to the search for, and attainment of, equity in health across and within countries.
Party Membership
Does not belong to any party.
Personal Status
Married
