Larisa R. Avetisyan
DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH
13th of October, 1958, Yerevan, Armenia
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1965 – 1975 – Secondary School N90, Yerevan, Armenia
1975 – 1981 – Sanitary and Hygienic Faculty, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan,
Armenia
POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
1991 – Ph.D. thesis defended (earning a Ph.D. degree) at the Research Institute of Hygiene of Children and Adolescents, Moscow, Russia
2003 – DSc thesis defended (earning a DSc degree) at the National Institute of Health of the Republic of Armenia
2005 – Being conferred the title “Professor” by the Higher Attestation Committee, Yerevan, Armenia
Since 2003 – Board Member of the Research Institute of Hygiene of Children and Adolescents, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Russia
Since 2003 – Member of 045 Professional Council “Preventive Medicine and Healthcare Organization”
Author of more than 120 research articles published in local and international journals
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1981 – 1998 – Senior Laboratory Assistant; afterwards, Assistant Professor, Department of Hygiene of Children and Adolescents, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
1998 – 2005 – Associate Professor, Department of Hygienic Disciplines, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
Since 2005 – Head of Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
Since 2010 – Director of the Standing Committee on Education Quality Assessment and Assurance, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
Since 2011 – Editor-in-Chief of the Journal “Education and Science”
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2011 – Memorial Medal of RA Prime Minister
2011 – YSMU “Gold Medal”
SOCIAL ACTIVITY
President of “Armenian Association of Preventive Physicians” NGO
PERSONAL DATA
Married, has two children.