Dr. Marine Hovsepyan - Laboratory doctor, MD, Virologist and Immunologist, Head of Laboratory Service at ARABKIR MEDICAL CENTER & INSTITUTE OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALT.

Education and science

Dr. Marine Hovsepyan graduated from the Department of Pharmacy of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, with honors, in 1988. Later, in 1996, she successfully completed a special professional and educational program and training on Laboratory Diagnostics in the National Institute of Health named after Academician S. AVDALBEKYAN (NIH).  Dr. Hovsepyan received her Ph.D. Diploma on Virology and Immunology in 2012. 

Training

Dr. Marine Hovsepyan participated in several training programs, including:

• Regional Hospital of Porrentruy, Switzerland, 1999
• University Pediatric Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland, 2004
• University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium, 2008
• «Saint-Louis» Hospital of Paris, France, 2009
• Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany, 2012
• Infectious Diseases, Salzburg Seminar, 2013
• Regional Hospital of Porrentruy, Switzerland, 2017

Medical practice and related professional activities

Dr. Marine Hovsepyan started her medical practice in the Laboratory of Policlinics of NOR HAJN community, in 1988. Since 1996 Dr. Hovsepyan is the Head of Laboratory Service of ARABKIR Medical Center, a leading children hospital of Armenia. 

Publications

• The 1F7 Idiotype is selectively expressed on CD5+ B cells and elevated in chronic hepatitis C virus infection; Immunology and Cell Biology (2009), p. 1-7. Davtyan T., Hovsepyan M., Mkhitaryan L., Hakobyan G., Brazil A., Barett L., Hirsch G., Peltekian K. and Grant M.
• Congenital hypothyroidism screening program setup in laboratory, in Armenian
• Medical Laboratory Diagnosis, Collection of Articles, pages 15-17, 2006, M.Hovsepyan; I.Tovmasyan, A. Babloyan, in Armenian
• Comparison of heterogeneous and molecular genetic studies of hepatitis C virus in some risk groups; Armenian Medical Science (2010), pages 82-89; M. Hovsepyan, in Armenian

• Interaction of expression of 1F7 iodotype in antibodies to hepatitis C virus with viral load and serum aminotransferases; Armenian Medical Science (2011), pages 44-52; T. Davtyan, M. Hovsepyan; in Armenian