Faculty Positions: Academic Year 2026–2027 The University of Nicosia Medical School (UNIC Athens) invites applications from motivated academics for Teaching and Research Faculty positions based in Athens, Greece. We seek colleagues who embrace student-centred learning, have an internationally visible record of high-quality research, and are committed to making significant contributions to society. We particularly [...]
Faculty Positions: Academic Year 2026–2027 The University of Nicosia Medical School (UNIC Athens) invites applications from motivated clinical academics for Teaching and Research Faculty positions, based in Athens, Greece. We seek colleagues who embrace student-centred learning, have an internationally visible record of high-quality research, and are committed to excellence in patient care. We particularly [...]
October 2025 On Sunday, 12 October 2025, the courtyard of Ayios Eleftherios Church in the Greek-Cypriot refugee settlement Tsiakkilero in Larnaka was transformed into a health station, thanks to the efforts of 20 medical student volunteers. Under the supervision of Clinical Assistant Professor Sotiris Dimosthenous, the Mobile Clinic offered free blood pressure, glucose, spirometry [...]
Professional Staff | UNIC Medical School - Athens | Position will remain open until filled. The Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences at the University of Nicosia Medical School invites expressions of interest (EOI) for Simulated Patients, between the ages of 18 – 75 years of age, with excellent command of the English language [...]
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 will run from May 2025 to April 2027. Dr Soulla Nicolaou, project coordinator, will lead the research team comprising Prof [...]
24 July 2025 Two Medical School students, Alexis Tripodis (Year 4, pictured right) and Aswinshankar Sivalingam (Year 3, centre), have recently returned from an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on personal healthcare data management at the University of Salerno, Italy, delivered under the NEOLAiA alliance. They joined peers from eight European universities on the [...]
A diverse team of students from the Medical School claimed both 1st Place and the Public Choice Award at the European i-Days competition held in Budapest on November 28-29, 2024. Their triumph followed their success at the national i-Days event in Cyprus. Organised by EIT Health, the i-Days competition encourages students to develop and [...]
Medical School post-doctoral fellow in Neuroscience Dr Charalambos Charalambous participated with a poster in Neuroscience 2022, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, held in San Diego, California from 12 to 16 November 2022. The Society of Neuroscience is the world’s largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to understanding the brain [...]
Tuesday, 13 December 2023 According to new research published yesterday in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation, extremely hot and cold temperatures increased the risk of death among people with cardiovascular diseases, such as ischemic heart disease (heart problems caused by narrowed heart arteries), stroke, heart failure and arrhythmia. Researchers explored how extreme [...]
The University of Nicosia Medical School aims to achieve excellence in teaching, research, community service and patient care, through its diverse and talented community of individuals. We are now seeking well-qualified and motivated professionals to support our team for the sessional post of Anatomy Demonstrator. The successful candidates will provide their services in Nicosia [...]
“Divine work is easing pain” according to an old proverb. Chronic pain represents one of the most common global health problems. Current medications used to alleviate pain have either limited efficacy and/or significant adverse effects, and usually do not improve the prognosis of diseases that are typically present in patients suffering from chronic pain such [...]
Dr Charalambos C. Charalambous, a post-doctoral fellow in Neuroscience, has recently successfully completed a 3-week intensive course in Computational Neuroscience. This course is offered online via the Neuromatch Academy (https://academy.neuromatch.io) which teaches the computational techniques crucial for success in academia and industry. It serves thousands of students each year with hundreds of teaching assistants around [...]
19 July 2021 A new study on paediatric and adolescent thyroid cancer in Cyprus, by UNIC Medical School Professor of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology Loizos Loizou and his scientific team, is published in the latest online edition of the Elsevier journal Cancer Epidemiology. It includes patients aged 0–19 years who were diagnosed with thyroid cancer in the [...]
21 May 2019 The University of Nicosia Medical School and the Nicosia Rehabilitation Center (NRC) have recently signed a Student Training Agreement. Under the agreement, the NRC will provide clinical training to medical students of both the MD and MBBS programmes. Furthermore, medical students and faculty members will have the opportunity to involve themselves in [...]
17 May 2019 On Thursday 16 May 2019, Second Year MBBS students and Fourth Year MD students participated in the annual White Coat Ceremony held at the University of Nicosia Open Amphitheatre to celebrate the beginning of their clinical training years in hospitals. The ceremony began with the announcement of a donation by the Medical [...]
Tuesday, 8 May 2018 A record number of 13 medical students representing both the MBBS and the MD programmes and two alumni (currently in F1 training posts in the UK) took part in the Pantheo Congress in Limassol on 21-22 April 2018. The Congress is organised on an annual basis by the Pantheo Eye Center [...]
Tuesday, 29 August 2017 A new 30-minute rapid test for sexually transmitted infections which could mean a dramatic improvement in tackling drug resistant sexual health infections will be available this year. Researchers at St George’s, University of London say the new speedy test will mean that for the first time ever patients with common sexual infections [...]
This oral presentation aimed to offer a unique perspective on medical education curricula worldwide. It was demonstrated how the character of the medical student (proceeding to physician) can be encouraged either to develop, or to whither, under the modern medical curriculum. It concentrated on the modern Problem Based Learning (PBL) process and how clinical ethical [...]
Friday, 14 October 2016 by Athena Karsera, Cyprus Weekly Creating a strong foundation in primary care is something stakeholders would be wise to keep in mind while creating Cyprus’ long-awaited new National Health Scheme (NHS,) an international expert has suggested. Medical Director for Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Europe and RCGP Representative to the [...]
