Seyran Kocharyan

Date/place of birth

22 July 1965, Dilijan

Work Experience

2016 Head of the Department of Medical Physics.

2013 NCP in Horizon 2020 EU project in Health, demographic change and wellbeing.

2013 Head of the Division of Science and Information Technologies, YSMU

2012 Head of the Science Coordination Department, YSMU

2011 Head of the Grant Projects Management Department, YSMU

Head of the Secretariat, State Committee of Science

2008-2011 Head of the Division for Science Policy & Science Development Projects, State Committee of Science, Ministry of Education and Science, RA

2006-2008 Head of the Scientific-Organization Department, YSMU

2004-2006 Advisor to the Rector on Science, IT and Clinics, YSMU

2004 Acting Vice-Rector for Science, YSMU

2004 Head of the Scientific Research Center, YSMU

2002-2004 Head of the Center for Research Funding Mobilization, YSMU

2001-2006 Associate Professor of the Department of Medical & Biological Physics, Informatics and Medical Devices, YSMU

2001-2002 Chairman of the Commission on Grant Projects Coordination, YSMU

1998-2000 Vice-Rector for Administrative Affairs, YSMU

1998-2005 Assistant of the Department of Medical & Biological Physics, Informatics and Medical Devices, YSMU

1995-1998 Deputy Director of the Scientific-Research Center, YSMU

1995-2005 Head of the Scientific Laboratory of Chronobiology & Chronopathology

1989-1994 Engineer Programmer on Mathematical Modeling, Scientific Research Center, Yerevan State Medical Institute

Research Activity

2000 Defense of the thesis on the topic «Chronobiological aspects and mathematical modeling of functional interrelation between endocrine shifts and indices of water-salt metabolism» and has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Biology (PhD)

2000 Member of the Organizing Committee of the Conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of YSMU

2002 Has been awarded the scientific degree of Associate Professor in Biology

2004 I International Conference on Military Medicine

2005 II International Conference on Military Medicine

2005 Armenian-Greek 3rd International Conference. The European Centre of Life Quality

2005 Member of the Organizing Committee of the Conference dedicated to the 75th anniversary of YSMU

2005 «The Organization of Monitoring and Health Information Systems». I International Congress, Tbilisi, Georgia

2006 «The Environment and Healthcare Issues in the Transcaucasus Region». II International Congress, Tbilisi, Georgia

2007 «The Actual Issues of Public Health in the South Caucasus Region»: III International Congress, Tbilisi, Georgia

2008 «Information Systems of Healthcare. Management of the Situation»: IV International Congress, Tbilisi, Georgia

2009 «The Actual Questions of Public Health in the South Caucasus Region»: V International Congress, Batumi, Georgia

2010 «Planning and Management of Information Flows in the field of Healthcare: International Seminar, Bakuriani, Georgia

2012 Member of the Organizing Committee of the Conference dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia

2012 Member of the Board of the International Conference «Contemporary Problems of Medical Personnel Training», Kursk, RF

2012 European Congress of Rhythmologists, Belgrade, Serbia

2012 Executive Secretary of the Annual Reporting Scientific Session, YSMU

1992-2012 Supervisor of the Scientific Topic funded from the state budget of RA, research worker

Publications

42 scientific articles, educational-methodological manuals on Medical Informatics, a patent of an invention, № 1009, 2001.

Trainings

2001 «Telemedicine and E-learning», Department of Biotechnology, Lecce University, Italy

2002 «Basics of Health Planning», AUA, Yerevan

2002 Course of Medical English, ADRA, Yerevan

2003 «Information Systems of Healthcare», CAID, Ottawa

2003 «Medical Informatics», Dalhousie University, Halifax

2004 American University of Armenia, Department of English Language, Yerevan

2005 «E-learning and E-University», Moscow University of Economics Statistics and Informatics

2005 Organization of Lecture Course «Evidence-Based Medicine»

2010 Training Course of Civil Servants, Yerevan, 2nd Rank Advisor of Public Service of RA

Awards and Honours

1986 Certificate of Honor of the Komsomol Committee, Bratsk, RSFSR

1991 Certificate of Honor of the International Association of Chronobiologists

2000 «Gold Medal» of YSMU

2004 Certificate of Honor of the International Canadian Public Health Association

2005 «Gold Medal» in occasion of the 75th anniversary of YSMU

2014 ”Garegin Nzhdeh” medal of Ministry of Defense of RA

Social Activity

2002-2004 The organization of the training course “The Art of grant writing” in distance education

2002-2004 Organization of the works of the USA Peace Corps volunteers

2004-2005 Grant: Publication of the book titled “Healthy Lifestyle” and organization of a campaign

2004-2005 Grant: the USAID program on community development, RA

Membership

Member of Scientific Council of YSMU

Deputy of the Scientific-Coordination Council of YSMU,

Armenian Association of Chronobiologists,

Founder and President of the scientific-medical NGO “Greatmed”,

“Health Organizers Community” NGO,

Armenian Association of Biophysics,

Master of Sport of RA

Personal data

Married, has two children.