UNIC Medical School involved in Harvard-Cyprus Environmental Health projects

The symposium featured four keynote speakers and thirteen Harvard master’s students, who presented methodologies, emerging data, and trends in environmental health research across diverse geographical and socio-environmental settings.

2026-02-10T15:10:50+02:009 Φεβρουαρίου, 2026|Featured Research, Medical School, UNIC Health, Έρευνα, Νέα, Τίτλοι|

Article by UNIC’s Professor Drikakis and his team published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), selected by Scilight for promotion

The study examines how large-scale urban greening can influence local airflow and heat transport in a dense metropolitan environment, with a focus on Athens, including the impact of the greening of Ellinikon on the local microclimate.

UNIC neurologist contributes to new guideline on asymptomatic hyperCKaemia

The guideline provides structured, evidence based recommendations to support clinicians and researchers in the assessment and management of asymptomatic/oligosymptomatic hyperCKemia, with the aim of improving consistency and clarity in day to day practice.

2026-02-10T15:19:02+02:005 Φεβρουαρίου, 2026|Featured Research, Medical School, UNIC Health, Έρευνα, Νέα, Τίτλοι|

UNIC study identifies key gene behind early embryonic cell development

The study, titled ‘NR6A1 is essential for neural crest cell specification, formation and survival’ explores the formation of neural crest cells (NCC), a migratory progenitor cell population unique to vertebrate embryos that helps in the development of many organs and tissues, including parts of the face, nerves, and heart.

2026-02-10T15:35:23+02:003 Φεβρουαρίου, 2026|Featured Research, Medical School, UNIC Health, Έρευνα, Νέα, Τίτλοι|

Study warns climate change fuels tick-borne threats to Mediterranean livestock

A recent scientific review by Panagiotis Karanis, Professor of Anatomy at the UNIC Medical School, in collaboration with researchers from Greece and Turkey, highlights how climate change is creating compounded challenges for livestock systems in the Mediterranean.

2026-02-09T17:02:07+02:008 Ιανουαρίου, 2026|Featured Research, Medical School, UNIC Health, Νέα, Τίτλοι|

Medical students contribute to depression treatment research

The two students worked with Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UNIC Medical School, George Mikellides, to document a case involving the combination of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and ketamine therapy.

2026-02-10T15:32:07+02:009 Δεκεμβρίου, 2025|Featured Research, Medical School, UNIC Health, UNIC Health Research, Έρευνα, Νέα|

UNIC research reveals strong link between chronic stress and cancer risk

The researchers surveyed 1,318 participants from over 30 countries, collecting data on familial cancer history, stress factors, and self-reported cancer status. Using machine learning and causal modelling, they explored connections between chronic psychological stress and cancer occurrences.

2026-02-10T15:24:37+02:008 Δεκεμβρίου, 2025|Featured Research, Medical School, UNIC Health, UNIC Health Research, Έρευνα|

UNIC professor publishes leading textbook on safe childbirth

UNIC professor publishes leading textbook on safe childbirth The third edition of ‘Best Practice in Labour and Delivery’, edited by Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Nicosia Medical [...]

2026-02-10T15:23:55+02:005 Δεκεμβρίου, 2025|Featured Research, Medical School, UNIC Health, Έρευνα|

Medical School participates in a €400K Erasmus+ grant

The Medical School participates in a €400,000 Erasmus+ grant for the Virtual Realities in Medical Education (ViR-MEd) project. The project is led by Dr Achilleas Pavlou, with team members Professors Alexia Papageorgiou, Stelios Georgiades, and Dr Panagiota Andreou.

2026-02-10T15:22:46+02:0025 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2024|Featured Research, Medical School, Έρευνα, Νέα|

Οι καιρικές συνθήκες πρέπει να λαμβάνονται υπόψη στην Πρόβλεψη ενός Δεύτερου Κύματος μιας Πανδημίας

Οι ερευνητές του Πανεπιστημίου Λευκωσίας Talib Dbouk και Δημήτρης Δρικάκης, στην πρόσφατη δημοσίευσή τους για τον COVID-19 στο Physics of Fluids, καταδεικνύουν πως η θερμοκρασία, η υγρασία και ο άνεμος είναι βασικοί επιδημιολογικοί παράμετροι που παραλείπονται από τις προβλέψεις

2021-02-11T12:46:42+02:005 Φεβρουαρίου, 2021|COVID-19 Seasonality, Featured Research, Νέα|

Τα συστήματα καθαρισμού αέρα δύναται να αυξήσουν την εξάπλωση των ιών

Οι ερευνητές του Πανεπιστημίου Λευκωσίας Dbouk και Δρικάκης, επιστρέφουν με σημαντικές πληροφορίες σχετικά με τον COVID-19. Σύμφωνα με την τελευταία τους δημοσίευση στο Physics of Fluids, η χρήση εξαερισμού αυξάνει τον ρυθμό με τον οποίο δυνητικά μολυσμένος αέρας μπορεί να κυκλοφορήσει σε κλειστούς χώρους.

2021-02-11T12:42:00+02:005 Φεβρουαρίου, 2021|COVID-19 Confined Spaces, Featured Research, Νέα|
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