Manager/ Coordinator of health related project
Resume:
Yerevan, Armenia
Mobile phone: (093) 42-36-46
Home phone: (374-060) 54-67-44
Email address: **********@*****.***
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MAYA SIMONYAN, BSN, MPH
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Sep. 2009 – till now Manager of GFATM Round 8 HIV/AIDS Scaling up
HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support in
Armenia /directed to Health System Strengthening/
grant project,
Ministry of Health, Republic of Armenia,
Principal Recipient of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB
and malaria
Responsibilities:
Guide and develop the implementation of multi-year strategic and operational plans to
achieve goals, coordination of project implementation and activities conducted by Sub-
recipients, coordination of procurement and monitoring & evaluation activities,
program/project design and management, preparation of Monitoring and Evaluation plan and
Procurement plan, contract preparation, budget management: budget development and
revision, development of project Performance Framework, reports preparation for local
authorities and the Global Fund, realization of monitoring activities, manage effective
communication and etc.
Sep. 2008 – Aug. 2009 TB Project Assistant,
Ministry of Health, Republic of Armenia,
Principal Recipient of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB
and malaria
Responsibilities:
Coordination of communication, preparation of reports and materials, translation, logistic,
assistance to an M&E technical assistance team provided through Grants Management Solution
in TB area.
Nov. 2007 – June 2008 Research Assistant
Salt Fluoridation Project,
Center for Health Services Research & Development,
American University of Armenia.
Responsibilities:
Logistic, preparation of materials, assistance during observation, data collection/analysis and
etc.
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1999 – 2007 Director of Nursing Learning Resource Center
Yerevan Armenian-American State Medical
College “Erebouni”, Yerevan, Armenia.
Responsibilities:
Organization of meetings and discussions on different topics, organization of trainings,
collaboration with other medical and nursing educational institutions in the country
(National Institute of Health, Medical and Nursing educational institution, hospitals) and
abroad (USA, Sweden and Russia), communication with professional associations like the
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Armenian Nurses Association,
literature review and updating of educational materials for nursing theory and evidence-
based practice and etc.
July 2006 – July 2007 Data Entry/Analyst
Follow up Tobacco Control Policy Survey 2007;
Management Sciences for Health;
Center for Health Services Research & Development,
American University of Armenia
2006 – 2007 Instructor of Leadership and Management
Post-graduate Department of “Nursing Management”,
National Institute of Health after prof. Avdalbekyan,
Yerevan, Armenia
Responsibilities:
Preparation of educational materials on Management and Leadership, preparation of pre- and
post-tests and case studies, conduct training sessions for middle level nurse-managers,
evaluation of participants upon course completion and etc.
2001 – 2002 Faculty of “Leadership and Management”
International Nursing Leadership Institute,
Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International,
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA;
Tbilisi, Georgia; St. Petersburg, Russia
Supported by AIHA/USAID
Responsibilities:
Preparation of educational materials on Management and Leadership in English and Russian,
preparation of pre- and post-tests and case studies, teaching, evaluation of participants upon
course completion and etc.
1999 – 2007 Faculty of “Community/Public Health Nursing”
Yerevan Armenian-American State Medical
College “Erebouni”, Yerevan, Armenia
Responsibilities:
Preparation of educational materials on Community/Public Health Nursing, preparation of
pre- and post-tests and case studies, teaching, Community assessment, organization of home
visits, nursing homes, orphanage homes, evaluation of participants upon course completion
and etc.
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EDUCATION:
2006 – 2007 Master of Public Health Program (MPH),
College of Health Science,
American University of Armenia
2002 – 2004 Nursing Administration,
/Distance Education/
College of Nursing,
University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Omaha, NE, USA.
2000 – 2001 International Nursing Leadership Institute,
Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International,
St.Petersburg, Russia;
Washington, DC, USA; Copenhagen, Denmark
Supported by AIHA/USAID
1995 - 1999 Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN)
Yerevan Armenian-American State Medical
College “Erebouni”, Yerevan, Armenia
(Partnership program with UCLA Medical Center, USA)
Sponsored by AIHA/USAID
TRAINING:
Nov. – Dec. 2012 E-learning course on Management in Health (pilot),
The World Bank Institute
Feb. 2012 Palliative Care for Patients with TB or HIV/TB,
Open Society Institute/SOROS Foundation,
Schloss Arenberg, Salzburg, Austria
Nov. 2011 Workshop on peer review of proposals for the Global
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Round
11 organized, WHO
Hague, Netherlands
Sep. 2011 Palliative care Workshop,
Yerevan, Armenia/ organized by OSI
July 2011 Regional workshop for Principal Recipients from
EECA, Genevae, Switzerland
2009 Regional workshop for Principal Recipients from EECA
countries, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and
malaria,
Sophia, Bulagaria
2008 Resource Needs and NASA Workshop,
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Yerevan, Armenia. UNAIDS/ National Center for AIDS
Prevention
2007 Human Participants Protection, Distance Learning
Course, College of Health Sciences,
American University of Armenia
2001 Nursing Clinical Skills Building Workshop,
Yerevan, Armenia. AIHA/USAID
2000 Flagship Course on Health Sector Reform and
Sustainable Financing,
Training Center at Semmelweis University,
Budapest, Hungary.
Supported by World Bank/SOROS Foundation
1999 Needs and Rights of Women with Mental Disabilities.
Boston, USA.
Supported by Mental Disability Right International.
1999 Course in “Train - Trainers”,
Yerevan, Armenia.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2006-2007 Scholarships by Abgar & Loretta Babaian Award.
June 2001 Graduated with honor,
International Nursing Leadership Institute.
July 1999 BSN graduation with honors
(GPA = 4.0 American Standard,
5.0 Armenian Standard).
1995 – 1999 Certificated for academic performance
in the First Baccalaureate Program in
Nursing in Yerevan, Armenia.
June 1994 Graduated High School with “Gold Medal”.
MEMBERSHIPS:
2004 – 2010 Member of Editorial Board,
Nursing News “Erebuni”, Professional Journal.
2002 – 2005 Member, American Organization of Nurse Executives.
2001 – up to present Member, Sigma Theta Tau International
Honor Society of Nursing,
Catholic University of America,
Washington, DC, USA.
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1997 – 2002 President, Alpha Tau Delta
(National Fraternity for Professional
Nurses), Subchapter of Alpha Tau Delta in
California, USA.
1996 - up to present Member, Armenian Nurses Association.
Participations and presentations at national and international conferences/meetings
Language skills: Armenian, Russian and English.
Fair knowledge of Georgian.
Computer skills: Microsoft Office, SPSS, Stata.
Reference will be submitted upon request.
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