Research News
UNIC launches €4M Horizon Europe project to integrate HIV and NCD care across four countries
11 August 2025 On 2 and 3 July, the University of Nicosia Medical School hosted the kick-off meeting for HIVE, a €4 million Horizon Europe research project coordinated by UNIC and involving 15 international [...]
Medical School receives grant to enhance pharmacology education through virtual patients
4 August 2025 The University of Nicosia Medical School has secured a €119,756 grant from the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation for a project investigating virtual patients in pre-clinical pharmacology education. The 'PharmaViP' project [...]
Medical School launches virtual reality medical training project
13 June 2025 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 clinical training. Representatives from two [...]
Medical School hosts European infectious disease training programme
May 2025 The University of Nicosia Medical School hosted a training course as part of the IDEALiTER Erasmus+ project from 9 to 11 May. The programme brought together experts from across Europe to advance [...]
Voskarides et al. link PTSD to lupus risk in research study
A study involving Dr Konstantinos Voskarides from UNIC Health has identified connections between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), commonly known as lupus. The research, published in 'Rheumatology Oxford', shows that [...]
UNIC Health Student Research Conference 2025
26 March 2025 The University of Nicosia (UNIC) hosted the UNIC Health Student Research Conference on 12 March 2025. The event was organised by the Medical School Student Society and the Medical Students Research [...]
UNIC Medical School joins pioneering European effort to enhance clinical trial inclusivity
January 2025 The University of Nicosia Medical School is participating in the pioneering Research in Europe and Diversity Inclusion (READI) project. READI is a significant initiative aimed at transforming clinical research throughout Europe. This [...]
Integrating ChatGPT in medical student assignments to enhance critical analysis
15 January 2025 Dr Chloe Antoniou, Dr Achilleas Pavlou, and Dr Danagra G. Ikossi are the authors of a newly published article in Medical Teacher journal, titled ‘Let’s chat! Integrating ChatGPT in medical student [...]
Medical School faculty appointed to National Bioethics Committees
10 January 2025 Four members of the Medical School have been appointed to national bioethics committees, highlighting their roles in guiding ethical standards in research and science in Cyprus. Dr Nicoletta Nicolaou has been [...]
Development of a Leadership and Management Module for the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum
9 January 2025 Five faculty members from the Medical School - Nicoletta Nicolaou, Cornelia Nicolaou, Persoulla Nicolaou, Paola Nicolaides, and Alexia Papageorgiou - are the authors of a recent article published in BMC Medical [...]