Students and faculty explore treating antenatal depression with transcranial stimulation in new study Fourth-year graduate-entry MD students, Eleanor Roy and Amir Arshia Emam Jomeh, alongside Georgios Mikellides, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical School, contributed to a recent publication exploring the use of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) to treat depression during [...]

Faculty and students publish new review on tumours of the hypothalamus and neurohypophysis A paper led by graduate-entry MD students Alexia Kesta, Omar Itani and Yahya Wehbeh, in collaboration with Dr Dimitrios Kanakis, Professor of Pathology at the Medical School, has recently been published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. The review examines [...]

Faculty member is senior author of University of Oxford study behind new statin risk calculator Dr Constantinos Koshiaris, Assistant Professor of Medical Statistics, is the senior author of a University of Oxford study, published last week in The Lancet Digital Health, that developed a new tool to predict an individual's risk of developing serious [...]

Faculty member contributes to international recommendations on drug-resistant fungus in children Zoi Dorothea Pana, Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Research, recently contributed to the development of the new international recommendations on the prevention and control of the fungus Candida auris in paediatric settings. Professor Pana was selected by the Society for [...]

Medical students publish research in Cyprus Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine Nine medical students undertaking placements at Paphos General Hospital have recently published work in the Cyprus Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, the official journal of the Cyprus Society of Cardiology, under the supervision of Clinical Professor Joseph Moutiris. Fifth-year students Petronella J Van Heerden and [...]

Med school research calls for a rethink of routine prenatal screening Dr Panagiota Nakou, Lecturer in Medical Ethics at the Medical School, has recently published a new article in Clinical Ethics, a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Sage Publications. Her article, titled ‘Empowering women’s choice in the new era of non-invasive prenatal testing methods: [...]

UNIC Health celebrates student innovation at the 2026 Student Research Conference The 2026 UNIC Health Student Research Conference was successfully held on Wednesday, 18 March 2026, at the Nicosia campus, bringing together students and faculty in a celebration of research, innovation, and academic engagement. Organised by the Medical and Veterinary School Student Societies, with [...]

UNIC researchers contribute to new publication on brain-heart biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease The University of Nicosia is pleased to announce a new peer-reviewed publication on a promising approach to Alzheimer’s disease research that examines how brain activity and heart function can be studied together to support earlier detection and monitoring. The review focuses on [...]

MD students and faculty publish review on TBI/CTE and Alzheimer's disease Fourth-year MD students Aikaterini Katramadou and Eva Sonja Bender have co authored a review article on traumatic brain injury (TBI)/chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and Alzheimer's disease, under the supervision of Professor Dimitrios N. Kanakis. The paper, titled 'From Traumatic Brain Injury to Alzheimer’s [...]

Medical School faculty edits new book on ethics of artificial wombs Dr Panayiota Nakou, Lecturer in Medical Ethics at the University of Nicosia Medical School, is the editor, alongside Professor Rebecca Bennett, of the recently published book, Science Fiction and the Ethics of Artificial Wombs: Reproductive Futures, by Evie Kendal, Bioethicist and Senior Lecturer [...]

Gut microbes and brain cancer: new insights from UNIC researchers A research team from the UNIC Medical School has published a review article in Neuro-Oncology Advances examining how the gut microbiota may influence the development and treatment of glioblastoma, the most aggressive primary brain tumour in adults. The article, titled ‘From the gut to [...]

Medical School joins new Erasmus+ project focusing on sustainable clinical trials UNIC Medical School partners to promote greener and more sustainable research practices. UNIC’s Medical School is taking part in a new Erasmus+ project titled GREEN-TRIALS, which aims to develop an online, open-access curriculum focused on sustainable clinical trial design. The GREEN-TRIALS project aims [...]