Center for Global Health Faculty

Professor - Emeritus

President, American University of Armenia

Academic Degrees

• MD
• DrPH

Departmental Affiliation

• Name:

  Epidemiology

  Affiliation Type:

  Primary

  Division:

  General and Chronic Diseases

Departmental Address

Contact Information

Email:

harmenia+jhsph.edu

Phone:

626-768-7946

Link:

SciVal Experts Research Profile

Research and Professional Experience

One of the earliest to apply epidemiologic methods to study the effects of civil war at the population level during the 1980s in Lebanon and the long term effects of the earthquake disaster in Armenia during the 1990s, using both case-control and cohort approaches. Application of epidemiologic methods in a number of chronic diseases and in health services research and evaluation. More recent research includes the study of cancer within the multi-center AIDS cohort program, and the study of psychopathology as a determinant of physical illness in Baltimore.

Keywords

Epidemiology, Disasters, Health Services Research, Psychopathology & Physical Illnesses

Honors and Awards

Presidential Medal of the Order of Cedars, Republic of Lebanon (2004), Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2002), Movses Khorenatsi Presidental Medal of Service and Accomplishment, Republic of Armenia (2001), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London (2001) Advising, Teaching and Mentoring Award School of Hygiene and Public Health Student Assembly (1999), Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal Excellence in Education, School of Hygiene and Public Health (1995)

Selected Publications

Schneider MF, Gange SJ, Margolick JB Detels R, Chmiel JS, Rinaldo C, Armenian HK. Application of case-crossover and case-time-control study designs in analyses of time-varying predictors of T-cell homeostasis failure. Annals of Epidemiol. 15(2):137-144; February 2005.

Mehio-Sibai A, Feinleib M, Sibai TA, Armenian HK. A positive or a negative confounding variable? A simple teaching aid for clinicians and students. Annals of Epidemiology, (in press).

Meyer CM, Armenian HK, Eaton WW, Ford DE. Incident hypertension associated with depression in the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment area follow-up study. J Afect Disord. 2004 Dec; 83(2-3);127-133.

Babayan ZV, McNamara RL, Nagajothi N, Kasper ED, Armenian HK, Powe NR, Baughman, KL. Lima JAC. Predictors of cause-specific hospital readmissions in patients with congestive heart failure. Clinical Cardiology, 26, 411-418, 2003.

Armenian HK, Morikawa M, Melkonian AK, Hovanesian A, Akiskal K, Akiskal HS. Risk factors for depression in the survivors of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia. J Urban Health: Bull of the New York Academy of Medicine, 79(3):373-82, September 2002.

Bogner HR, Sammel MD, Ford DE, Armenian HK, Eaton WW. Urinary incontinence and psychological distress among community-dwelling older adults. J Am Geriatric Society, 50:1-7, 2002.

Armenian HK, Thompson M, Samet J. Competency-based curriculum in epidemiology, Teaching Epidemiology: A guide for teachers in Epidemiology, Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Second Edition, Olson J, Saracci R, Trichopoulos D. (eds), Oxford University Press, 2001.

Gregory PC, Gallo JJ, Armenian H. Occupational physical activity and the development of impaired mobility - The 12-year follow-up of the Baltimore epidemiologic catchment area sample. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 80(4) 270-75, April 2001.

Hsing AW, Chang L, Nomura AM, Isaacs WB, Armenian HK. A glimpse into the future. Epidemiol Rev. 2001;23(1):2.

Sibai AM, Fletcher A, Armenian HK. Variations in the impact of long-term wartime stressors on mortality among the middle-aged and older population in Beirut, Lebanon, 1983--1993. Am J Epidemiol. 2001 Jul 15;154(2):128-37.

Gallo JJ, Armenian HK, Ford DE, Eaton WW, Khachaturian AS. Major depression and cancer: the 13-year follow-up of the Baltimore epidemiologic catchment area sample (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2000 Sep;11(8):751-8.

Sibai AM, Armenian HK. Long-term psychological stress and heart disease. Int J Epidemiol. 2000 Oct;29(5):948.

Swartz KL, Pratt LA, Armenian HK, Lee LC, Eaton WW. Mental disorders and the incidence of migraine headaches in a community sample: results from the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment area follow-up study. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2000 Oct;57(10):945-50.

Armenian HK, Steinwachs DM. Management of health services: importance of epidemiology in the year 2000 and beyond. Epidemiol Rev. 2000;22(1):164-8.

Armenian HK, Morikawa M, Melkonian AK, Hovanesian AP, Haroutunian N, Saigh PA, Akiskal K, Akiskal HS. Loss as a determinant of PTSD in a cohort of adult survivors of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia: implications for policy. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2000 Jul;102(1):58-64.

Blanchard JF, Armenian HK, Peeling R, Friesen PP, Shen C, Brunham RC. The relation between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and abdominal aortic aneurysm: case-control study. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jun;30(6):946-7. Blanchard JF, Armenian HK, Friesen PP. Risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm: results of a case-control study. Am J Epidemiol. 2000 Mar 15;151(6):575-83.

Schroeder JR, Saah AJ, Hoover DR, Margolick JB, Ambinder RF, Martinez-Maza O, Breen EC, Jacobson LP, Variakojis D, Rowe DT, Armenian HK. Serum soluble CD23 level correlates with subsequent development of AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1999 Nov;8(11):979-84.

Bovasso GB, Eaton WW, Armenian HK. The long-term outcomes of mental health treatment in a population-based study. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1999 Aug;67(4):529-38.

Armenian HK, Melkonian AK, Hovanesian AP. Long term mortality and morbidity related to degree of damage following the 1998 earthquake in Armenia. Am J Epidemiol. 1998 Dec 1;148(11):1077-84.

Armenian HK, Pratt LA, Gallo J, Eaton WW. Psychopathology as a predictor of disability: a population-based follow-up study in Baltimore, Maryland. Am J Epidemiol. 1998 Aug 1;148(3):269-75.

Harty LC, Caporaso NE, Hayes RB, Winn DM, Bravo-Otero E, Blot WJ, Kleinman DV, Brown LM, Armenian HK, Fraumeni JF Jr, Shields PG. Alcohol dehydrogenase 3 genotype and risk of oral cavity and pharyngeal cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1997 Nov 19;89(22):1698-705.

Hisada M, Mueller NE, Welles SL, Okayama A, Armenian HK, Hoover DR, Rubb S, Metz S, Saah A, Chmiel J. Re: "Risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)". Am J Epidemiol. 1997 Oct 15;146(8):681-2.

Armenian HK, Melkonian A, Noji EK, Hovanesian AP. Deaths and injuries due to the earthquake in Armenia: a cohort approach. Int J Epidemiol. 1997 Aug;26(4):806-13.

Pratt LA, Ford DE, Crum RM, Armenian HK, Gallo JJ, Eaton WW. Depression, psychotropic medication, and risk of myocardial infarction. Prospective data from the Baltimore ECA follow-up. Circulation. 1996 Dec 15;94(12):3123-9.

Armenian HK, Szklo M. Morton Levin (1904-1995): history in the making. Am J Epidemiol. 1996 Mar 15;143(6):648-9.

Armenian HK, Hoover DR, Rubb S, Metz S, Martinez-Maza O, Chmiel J, Kingsley L, Saah A. Risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Am J Epidemiol. 1996 Feb 15;143(4):374-9.

Jacobson LP, Armenian HK. An integrated approach to the epidemiology of Kaposi's sarcoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 1995 Sep;7(5):450-5.