Mehgrigian Institute for Preventive Ophthalmology of the CHSR
Funding Agency: Garo Meghrigian Endowment
PI: Tsovinar Harutyunyan, MPH, PhD
Operations Manager: Aida Giloyan, MPH
With a generous gift from the Meghrigian family, the Garo Meghrigian Institute for Preventive Ophthalmology (Meghrigian Institute) was established within the Avedisian Onanian Center for Health Services Research and Development at AUA’s Turpanjian College of Health Sciences. Meghrigian Institute’s mission is to prevent avoidable blindness in Armenia. The activities of the Meghrigian Institute are highlighted in the annual reports and stories:
https://chsr.aua.am/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025_GMEIPO-Annual-Report-for-2024-_final.pdf
https://newsroom.aua.am/2025/03/26/meghrigian-institute-publishes-cataract-risk-factors-armenia/
https://newsroom.aua.am/2025/03/25/meghrigian-institute-publishes-journal-disability-rehabilitation/
https://newsroom.aua.am/2024/10/30/aua-meghrigian-institute-observes-world-sight-day/
https://chsr.aua.am/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Meghrigian-Institute-Annual-Report-_2022-Final.pdf
https://chsr.aua.am/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Meghrigian-Institute-Annual-Report-_final_2021.pdf
https://newsroom.aua.am/2023/03/15/auas-meghrigian-institute-publishes-in-the-journal-of-
ophthalmic-epidemiology/
https://newsroom.aua.am/2022/12/26/meghrigian-institute-eye-care-socially-disadvantaged-
children/
https://newsroom.aua.am/2022/10/24/chs-researcher-participates-in-european-association-for-
vision-and-eye-research-congress-2022/
https://newsroom.aua.am/2022/10/13/love-your-eyes-meghrigian-institute-for-preventive-ophthalmology-celebrates-world-sight-day-2022/