Students in Research
The ‘Students in Research Programme (SIRP)’ offers opportunities to participate in Research Projects to all active students under UNIC Health. Participation in SIRP is voluntary as this is an extracurricular initiative which aims to provide undergraduate students with research experience.
The two Pathways of SIRP:
- Pathway A (Internal) SIRP includes Research Projects offered and supervised by internal faculty members of UNIC Health.
- Pathway B (External) SIRP includes Research Projects offered and supervised by external collaborators of UNIC Health.
Types of Research Projects:
- Supervisors are encouraged to offer research projects that are aligned with the research priority areas of their respective School (Medical School or School of Veterinary Medicine).
- A variety of primary and secondary research projects (e.g., literature reviews, epidemiological, clinical or lab-based projects) can be offered with students contributing in specific components of the project: development and/or distribution of questionnaires, health records review, article screening, data entry and analysis, abstract and/or manuscript write up etc.
Research Projects
| Student Eligibility | Project Type | Project Title | Research Area | Location | Supervisor(s) | Expected Start Date | Project End Date | Applications Closing Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Systematic Review | The role of global longitudinal strain for predicting fatal arrhythmic events in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Cardiology | Remote | George Bazoukis | 2025-06-30 | 2025-08-30 | 2025-06-29 | Open |
| Medical, Master, Clinical Academic Fellow | Systematic Review | The use of brain-gut organoids for studying brain function: a systematic literature review | Other | Remote | Nicoletta Nicolaou | 2025-06-30 | 2025-11-20 | 2025-07-11 | Open |
| Veterinary, Master | Clinical Reasearch | Pulmonary lesions in labs and goats | Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Pathology and Cytology | UNIC Medical Center Nicosia | Georgios Nikolaou | 2025-06-09 | 2025-10-30 | 2025-06-30 | Open |
| Medical, Veterinary | Qualitative Research | Bovine mycoplasmosis: A computer aided drug discovery approach | Other | Hybrid | Dr. Manos Vlasiou | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-22 | 2025-05-30 | Expired |
| Medical | Systematic Review | The role of electrophysiological study as a primary prevention risk stratification tool in ARVC patients | Cardiology | Remote | George Bazoukis | 2025-03-07 | 2025-06-30 | 2025-03-06 | Open |
| Medical | Education | Introduction of PBL in Year 1 of Traditional Medical Curriculum | Other | Remote | Dr. Stella Loizou | 2022-08-01 | 2023-07-31 | 2022-07-18 | Expired |
| Veterinary | Narrative Review | Quantifying sheep flock behavior and social interaction using an Ultra Wide Band tracking system | Neurology, Other | UNIC Health Campus Nicosia | Dr. Nikolas Perentos | 2025-01-01 | 2027-09-27 | 2026-01-29 | Open |
| Medical | Systematic Review | Impact of atrial fibrillation on all-cause mortality in patients undergoing TAVI – A meta-analysis | Cardiology | UNIC Medical Center Nicosia | Dr. George Bazoukis | 2025-01-20 | 2025-10-06 | 2024-12-23 | Open |
| Medical, Veterinary | Qualitative Research | Cyprus Mouflon conservation | Infectious Diseases, Other | UNIC Health Campus Nicosia | Dr. Catalina Cabrera, Dr. Eleni Gentekaki, Dr. Sergi Olvera | 2024-11-21 | 2026-04-20 | 2024-10-31 | Expired |
| Medical | Qualitative Research | Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) knowledge and perceptions in university students | Microbiology | UNIC Medical Center Nicosia | Dr. Ender Volkan | 2024-12-23 | 2025-06-09 | 2024-12-02 | Open |
| Veterinary | Health-Life Sciences | Pulmonary lesions in slaughtered adult small ruminants | Other, Pathology and Cytology | UNIC Health Campus Nicosia | Dr. Georgios Nikolaou | 2024-12-16 | 2025-06-23 | 2024-12-02 | Open |
| Medical | Qualitative Research | One Health approach to investigate the role of the GUT microBIOME in the gastrointestinal diseases’ transmission in Cyprus. | Infectious Diseases | UNIC Medical Center Nicosia | Dr. Danny Alon Ellenbogen, Dr Eleni Gentekaki, Dr. Daphne Mavrides | 2024-11-11 | 2025-05-05 | 2024-10-17 | Open |
| Medical, Veterinary | Clinical Reasearch | Antimicrobial resistance in dairy farming | Microbiology | UNIC Medical Center Nicosia | Dr. Daphne Mavrides, Dr. Eleni Gentekaki | 2024-11-04 | 2025-05-05 | 2024-10-25 | Expired |
| Medical, Veterinary | Basic Sciences | Parasites in wildlife | Microbiology | UNIC Medical Center Nicosia | Dr. Daphne Mavrides, Dr. Eleni Gentekaki | 2024-11-04 | 2025-05-05 | 2024-10-25 | Expired |
| Medical, Veterinary | Basic Sciences | Investigating the milk microbiome of dairy cattle | Microbiology | UNIC Medical Center Nicosia | Dr. Daphne Mavrides, Dr. Eleni Gentekaki | 2025-02-03 | 2025-06-02 | 2025-02-03 | Open |
| Veterinary | Health-Life Sciences | Exploring the Potential of CADD in the Treatment of Canine Inherited Diseases | Biomedical Informatics | Remote | Dr. Manos C. Vlasiou | 2025-09-01 | 2025-06-30 | 2025-05-30 | Expired |
| Veterinary | Narrative Review | Flies: Impact on health, welfare and productivity of ruminants | Other | UNIC Medical Center Nicosia | Dr. Konstantinos Arsenopoulos | 2025-01-31 | 2025-09-15 | 2025-01-31 | Expired |
| Medical | Narrative Review | Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease | Cardiology | UNIC Medical Center Nicosia | Dr. George Bazoukis | 2024-08-12 | 2025-05-16 | 2024-12-12 | Open |
| Medical | Education | Integration of Medical Cases in Chemistry Labs in the first year of Traditional Medical Curriculum | Other | Remote | Dr. Stella Loizou | 2024-05-08 | 2024-10-30 | 2024-05-10 | Open |
| Veterinary | Clinical Reasearch | Investigating the gut microbiome of dairy cattle | Other | Remote | Dr. Daphne Mavrides, Dr. Eleni Gentekaki | 2024-09-01 | 2025-01-30 | 2024-10-25 | Expired |
| Medical, Master | Narrative Review | From Cure to Prevention: Doxycycline's Potential in STD Prophylaxis | Infectious Diseases | Remote | Dr. Danny Alon Ellenbogen | 2024-12-01 | 2025-04-15 | 2024-11-15 | Expired |