Haroutune Armenian (, 18 June 1942 – 15 July 2025), was a Lebanese-born Armenian-American academic and physician who was President of the American University of Armenia (1997–2009), President Emeritus, American University of Armenia, and also Professor in Residence, UCLA, Fielding School of Public Health.
Biography Doctor Armenian was a professor in Residence at the University of California in Los Angeles, President Emeritus of the American University of Armenia, and Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University.
Education American University of Beirut, 1961–1964, B.S. School of Arts and Sciences American University of Beirut, 1964–1968, M.D. School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University, 1971–1974, M.P.H. (1972) Johns Hopkins School Hygiene & Public Health, Dr.P.H. (1974)
Post-graduate training American University Medical Center, 1967–1968, Rotating Intern Beirut, Lebanon, 1968–1971, Resident in Internal Medicine Johns Hopkins University, 1971–1974, Commonwealth School of Hygiene & Public Health Fund Exchange, Department of Epidemiology Program
Certification E.C.F.M.G. Certificate 1967 Republic of Lebanon 1968 License to Practice Medicine American University of Beirut 1971 Certificate of Specialty Training:Department of Internal Medicine Ministry of Health, Lebanon 1984 Internal Medicine Registered Medical Specialties and Public Health
Professional experience Advisory Committee for Research, WHO/EMR0 2015 -Associate Dean Academic Programs Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles 2011-2014 Visiting professor, Supervisor Research Chair Epidemiology, Public Health and Environment 2009 - 2013, King Saud University, Riyadh Professor in Residence, Department of Epidemiology 2008 – 20??, University of California, Los Angeles President, American University of Armenia 1997-2010 Director of the Master of Public Health Program 1989 – 1996, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Epidemiology Professor Emeritus 2008 – Present Professor of Epidemiology 1988 – 2007 Acting Chairman Jan-June 1991 Nov 1993-July 1994 Deputy Chairman 1988 – 1993 Visiting professor of Epidemiology 1986 – 1987 Professor of Epidemiology 1984 – 1988 American University of Beirut Coordinator, Interfaculty Research Project for the Study 1984-1986 of the Status of Children in Lebanon Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, 1983 – 1988 American University of Beirut Coordinator, A Health Surveillance and Monitoring 1983 – 1984 Program. Ministry of Health, Lebanon Acting Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, A.U.B. 1981 – 1983 Coordinator, In-Service Program Development, Ministry of Public Health, State of Qatar 1981 – 1983 Senior Associate, Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins University 1980 – 1986 Associate Professor of Epidemiology Faculty of Health Sciences, A.U.B. 1979 – 1984 Planning Coordinator, Family Practice Residency Programs; Ministry of Health, State of Bahrain and American University of Beirut 1978 – 1979 Coordinator, Office of Professional Standards and Systems Analysis; Ministry of Health State of Bahrain 1976 – 1981 Manager, Health Services Research and Development A.U.B. Services Corporation 1976–1979 Commissioning Officer, Health Centers, Ministry of Health, State of Bahrain 1976–1978 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, American University of Beirut 1974 – 1979
Societies and honors
Order of St. Sahak – St. Mesrop Catholicos of All Armenians, Armenia, 2007 Advising, Teaching and Mentoring Award Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Student Assembly 2005 & 1999 Presidential Medal of the Order of Cedars, Lebanon 2004 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2002 Movses Khorenatsi Presidential Medal of Service and Accomplishment, Armenia, 2001 Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London, 2001 Honorary Diploma of Appreciation, Ministry of Health, Lebanon 1997 Secretary, International Epidemiological Association Executive Council 1996–2002 Ernest Lyman Stebbins Medal, Excellence in Education School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University 1995 Honorary President, Armenian Public Health Association 1995 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, National Institutes of Health of Armenia 1993 Search Committee, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.A. 1993 Certificate of Recognition of Excellence 1992
Armenian Behavioral Science Association American Epidemiological Society 1989 Society for Epidemiologic Research 1989 Secretary, International Board of Advisors 1988
Armenian Genealogical Society Society of Scholars, Johns Hopkins University 1986 Who's Who in Science 1985 Who's Who in Lebanon 1985 Delta Omega, National Honorary Public Health Society 1985 Central Executive Committee, Hamazkaine 1981
Cultural associations Member, International Epidemiological Association 1981- Member, American College of Preventive Medicine 1981 Executive Board Member, Association of Lebanese 1980 -1982
Armenian Physicians Fellow, American College of Epidemiology 1980 Member, American Public Health Association 1980 - Alpha Omega Alpha honor society 1979 Board Member, Karageuzian Foundation, Beirut 1978 -1987 Lebanese Public Health Association 1975 Lebanese Order of Physicians 1968
Painting Armenian started painting in Beirut in 1976 during the civil war in Lebanon. His works have been exhibited in Beirut, Los Angeles and Yerevan.Sœurs jumelles des voyages et de la transparence, ces aquarelles de Haroutioun Arménian
Death Armenian died on 15 July 2025, at the age of 83.
Publications
Books Editor with H. Zurayk and Author of a Chapter: Beirut 1984. A Population & Health Profile. American University Press, 1985. Editor with J. Bryce and author of three chapters; In Wartime: The State of Children in Lebanon. American University of Beirut, 1986. Armenian HK, Gordis L, Gregg MB and Levine MM (eds): Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 11, Johns Hopkins University, 1989. Armenian HK, Gordis L, Levine MM, Thacker SB (eds): Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 12, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1990. Armenian HK, Gordis L, Levine MM, Thacker SB (eds): Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 13, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1991. Armenian HK, Gordis L, Levine MM, Thacker SB (eds): Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 14, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1992. Armenian HK, Gordis L, Levine MM, Thacker SB (eds): Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 15, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1993. Armenian HK, (ed). Epidemiologic Reviews, Applications of the Case-Control Method, Volume 16(1), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1994. Armenian HK, Gordis L, Kelsey J, Levine MM, Thacker SB (eds): Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 16(2), Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, 1994. Armenian HK, Kelsey J, Levine MM, Samet J, Thacker SB (eds): Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 17(2). Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1995. Armenian HK, Kelsey J, Levine MM, Samet J, Thacker SB (eds): Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 18(2), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1996. Armenian HK, Kelsey J, Levine MM, Samet J. Thacker SB (eds). Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 19(2), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore 1997. Armenian HK, Shapiro S (eds). Epidemiology and Health Services. Oxford University Press, New York, 1998. Armenian HK, Kelsey J, Monto AS, Samet J, Thacker SB (eds). Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 20 (2), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1998. Armenian HK, Kelsey J, Monto AS, Samet J, Thacker SB (eds). Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 21(2), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1999. Armenian HK, Samet JM (eds). Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 22(1), Epidemiology in the Year 2000 and Beyond, Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, 2000. Armenian HK, Kelsey J, Monto AS, Samet J, Thacker SB (eds). Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 22(2), Oxford University Press for the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, 2000. Hsing AW, Nomura AM, Isaacs WB, Armenian HK (eds). Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 23(1), Prostate Cancer, Oxford University Press for the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, 2001. Armenian HK, Kelsey J, Monto AS, Samet J, Thacker SB (eds). Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 23(2), Oxford University Press for the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, 2002. Armenian, HK. Colors and Words from Armenia and Beyond (watercolors and prose-poetry) 2002 in Armenian and 2004 in English, Print info, Yerevan. Armenian, HK. Past Does not Melt Here (watercolors & prose poetry) 2007 in Armenian. Armenian, HK. Case Control Studies: Design and Applications, Oxford University Press, New York, 2009. Armenian, HK. Life With Watercolors. Noah's Ark, Beirut, 2014.
Publications-Journals Armenian HK: Bone and Marrow Needle Biopsy. Leb Med J. 24:245 51;1971. Baghdassarian SA, Armenian HK, Khachadurian AK: Absence of Ophthalmoscopic Changes in Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis. Archives Ophthalmology, 88:607 08;1972. Khachadurian AK, Armenian HK: Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis (FPP): A Report of 120 Cases from Lebanon. Pediatric Research, 6:362-702;1972. Khachadurian AK, Armenian HK: The Management of Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis (Familial Mediterranean Fever). Experience with Low Fat Diets and Clofibrate. Lebanese Medical Journal, 25:495 502;1972. Armenian HK, Khachadurian AK: Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis, Clinical and Laboratory Findings in 120 Cases. Lebanese Medical Journal, 26:605 14; 1973. Armenian HK, Lilienfeld AM: The Distribution of Incubation Periods of Neoplastic Diseases. American Journal of Epidemiology, 99:92 100;1974. Khachadurian AK, Armenian HK: Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis. Mode of Inheritance and Incidence of Amyloidosis. Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on the Clinical Delineation of Birth Defects, Baltimore, Maryland. Birth Defects: Original Article Series, 10:62 6;1974. Armenian HK, Lilienfeld AM, Diamond EL, Bross IDJ: Relation Between Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia to Cancer of the Prostate. A Prospective and Retrospective Study. Lancet, 2:115 17;1974. Armenian HK, Lilienfeld AM, Diamond EL, Bross IDJ: Epidemiologic Characteristics of Patients with Prostatic Neoplasms, American Journal of Epidemiology, 102:47 54;1975. Armenian HK, Uthman SM: Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis. Lebanese Medical Journal. 28:439 42;1975. Armenian H K: Medicine and the Nomads. Modern Medicine Middle East, 1:8 11;1975. Kabakian HA, Armenian HK, Deeb ZL, Rizk GK: Asymmetry of the Pelvic Ureters in Normal Females. American Journal of Roentgenology, 127(5):723 7;1976. Armenian HK: Developing A Quality Assurance Program in the State of Bahrain. Quality Review Bulletin, J.C.A.H. 4:9 11;1978. Sawaya J, Atweh G, Armenian HK: Coronary Care Experience in a University Hospital. Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology 5:249 67;1979. Sawaya JI, Mujais SK, Armenian HK: Early Diagnosis of Pericarditis in Acute Myocardial Infarction. American Heart Journal, 100:144 51;1980. Armenian HK: Evaluation and Projections for the Primary Health Care System in Bahrain. Bahrain Medical Bulletin, 2:71 5;1980. Hamadeh RR, Armenian HK, Zurayk HC: Clustering of Cases of Leukemia, Hodgkin's Disease and Other Lymphomas in Bahrain. Tropical and Geographical Medicine, 33:42 9;1981. Armenian HK, Dajani AW, Fakhro AM: Impact of Peer Review and Itemized Medical Record Forms on Medical Care in a Health Center in Bahrain. Quality Review Bulletin, 7:6 11;1981. Armenian HK, Khuri M: Age at Onset of Genetic Diseases. An Application for Sartwell's Model of the Distribution of Incubation Periods. M.E.J. Anesthesiologyl, 113:596 605;1981.