Mobile Clinic continues initiative to provide free health tests to Greek-Cypriot refugees in Larnaka On Sunday, 26 October 2025, a team of 19 medical students from various cohorts transformed the Ayia Thekla Churchyard [...]
Study explores non-invasive cancer treatment for dogs and cats A pilot study co-authored by UNIC’s School of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor Kyriakos Spanoudes has tested focused ultrasound (FUS) technology for treating tumours in [...]
Nine UNIC Health faculty recognized among world’s top-cited scientists UNIC Health is proud to announce that nine of its faculty members are among the world’s top-cited scientists, according to a ranking compiled by Stanford [...]
Medical School partners in delivering Europe’s first simulation-based paediatric IPC training The Medical School was one of the organisers of the EU’s first Simulation & Practical Onsite Training in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) [...]
Interim Dean of Vet School to deliver presentation at EVERI GA Interim Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Zoe Polizopoulou, has been invited to deliver a presentation at the General Assembly of the European Veterinarians in [...]
UNIC Health and Municipality of Nicosia sign five-year MoU in Veterinary Education UNIC Health and the Municipality of Nicosia have recently signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), in the field of Veterinary Education. [...]
Medical School hosts multi-disciplinary Mental Health Conference on World Mental Health Day The University of Nicosia Medical School, the Committee for the Supervision and Protection of the Rights of Mental Health Patients, and the Cyprus [...]
Manos Vlasiou joins European Medicinal Plants Committee Assistant Professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine Manos Vlasiou has been appointed as Management Committee Member (Cyprus Representative) to [...]
As part of the University of Nicosia Medical School’s agreement with the Sorbonne University Faculty of Medicine, MD Year 6 student Isabella Mae Angelopoulou spent the summer working in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of Armand Trousseau Hospital in Paris.
Mobile Clinic begins new academic year with free health screenings for Greek-Cypriot refugees in Tsiakkilero, Larnaka On Sunday, 12 October 2025, the courtyard of Ayios Eleftherios Church in the Greek-Cypriot refugee settlement Tsiakkilero in [...]
The programme included academic visits with Nobel Prize winners from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), tours of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), and visits to the Agora Foundation for cancer research.
The University of Nicosia’s Zebrafish Laboratory recently began full scale operations. Last week, the laboratory team hosted an information session for University of Nicosia faculty and partners to outline the facility’s research goals and explore opportunities for collaboration.
The fourth meeting of the VHEalthLab project took place in July 2025, bringing together partners to discuss the latest developments in the creation, localisation, and pedagogical integration of virtual biology labs in higher education.
Ovarian cancer (OC) is the deadliest gynecologic malignancy in Europe, largely because it is often diagnosed at late stages due to vague symptoms and the lack of effective screening methods.
HIVE builds on a digital health tool developed by Columbia University and aims to expand and adapt it for use across four pilot countries – Kenya, Kazakhstan, Greece, and Malta.
Medical students experience nordic healthcare through NEOLAiA Last March, four MD5 students from the University of Nicosia Medical School completed a 10-week exchange programme at Örebro University Hospital in Sweden, a NEOLAiA alliance member. [...]
The four-day meeting (25–28 May) offered a rich programme of symposia, workshops and research papers aimed at improving the training of healthcare professionals. Key themes included student involvement in accreditation and quality-assurance processes, emotional intelligence and its influence on teaching, artificial intelligence applications in medical education and addressing bias in health-professions curricula.
Gabel distilled three lessons from Salk’s story - confidence in one’s expertise, a willingness to lean into the unknown, and an insistence on compassion—before reminding the new doctors and scientists that their degrees are the opportunity to do more’.
The University of Nicosia School of Veterinary Medicine and PLAKENTIA Group of Veterinary Clinics are pleased to announce their partnership, effective this year.
Medical School launches virtual reality medical training project The Medical School recently hosted the inaugural meeting of the €400,000 Erasmus+ funded Virtual Realities in Medical Education (ViR-MEd) project, which will employ virtual reality in [...]
White Coat Ceremony 2025 – Marking the start of clinical training. On 10 June 2025 the UNIC Medical School held its White Coat Ceremony, the moment students move from classroom study to clinical training. [...]
Last Saturday, 31 May 2025, the Medical School’s Mobile Clinic took part in Cyprus Pride 2025, partnering with the AIDS Solidarity Movement’s Cy Checkpoint to provide free, anonymous and rapid HIV and STI testing. Over 120 rapid tests were conducted, together with peer-counselling on adopting safer sexual practices.
