February 15 is International Childhood Cancer Day. International Childhood Cancer Day is a global collaborative campaign to raise awareness about childhood cancer and to express support for children and adolescents with cancer, the survivors and their families.
15/02/2022February 11 is World Day of the Sick, an observation started by Pope John Paul II as a way for believers to offer prayers for those suffering from illnesses.
YSMU adjunct professor Stella Aslibekyan is the head of the genetic epidemiology group at the company “23andMe” in Silicon Valley. Additionally, she is an adjunct associate professor of epidemiology at two universities: University of Alabama and University of Kentucky.
India's independence day was celebrated at Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi. YSMU Rector Armen Muradyan, congratulating the friendly country on the 75th anniversary of independence, emphasized: “Every nation considers the formation of an independent statehood to be the highest achievement of its civilization.
February 4 is World Cancer Day – a day that unites people, communities and entire countries to raise awareness and take action. Created in 2000, World Cancer Day has grown into a positive movement for everyone, everywhere to unite under one voice to face one of our greatest challenges in history.
Based on agreement reached with the leadership of Weber State University during the visit to the State of Utah of Consul General of Armenia Ambassador Armen Baibourtian in July of the last year, the Consulate General of Armenia in Los Angeles organized the visit of Professor Yervand Sahakyan, Vice-Rector for External Affairs and International Partnerships of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi (YSMU) to the Weber State University in Ogden on January 26, 2022.
The presentation of the book “Medical Atlas of Cornea and External Diseases in Middle Eastern Populations” published in the USA took place at the Medical University.The author is ophthalmologist, Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Head of the Department of Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye of S.Malayan Ophthalmological Center Anna Hovakimyan. YSMU Rector Armen Muradyan, welcoming those present at the 100-year-old educational institution, noted that during the meetings of the Academic Council it was repeatedly noted that the scientific geography of the universants has long crossed the borders of our country that separate us from the developed medical healthcare systems.
Autism Spectrum Disorders are now the focus of attention of scientists around the world. According to the World Health Organization, s one in 160 children in the world has an Autism Spectrum DisorderDeputy Dean of YSMU Overseas Education, the chair of normal anatomy, a postgraduate student at the Neurology Laboratory Meri Mkhitaryan decided to address this issue through an individual investigation.
Yerevan State Medical University graduate, Visiting Professor of the Department of Genetics, founder and head of the Biobank of the University of Graz, Austria, Karine Sargsyan presented “The future of healthcare” report at the World Economic Forum “Digital Davos 2022” Summit.