UNIC professor publishes leading textbook on safe childbirth The third edition of ‘Best Practice in Labour and Delivery’, edited by Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Nicosia Medical School, was recently published by Cambridge University Press. The textbook is an encompassing reference covering all essential information relating to [...]
Community health in action: Medical students bring HIV testing to the people On Sunday 23 November, the Medical School's Mobile Clinic, in collaboration, with Cy Checkpoint and the Testing and Prevention Centre of the AIDS Solidarity Movement Cyprus, provided free, anonymous, and rapid HIV testing in downtown Nicosia. Held as part of the [...]
PhD student presents poster at leading criminology conference in Athens PhD student at the Medical School, Berkem Dikengil, recently had the opportunity to present his research titled ‘The Brain on the Witness Stand’ at the 25th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (ESC) in Athens, Greece. The annual conference of ESC is [...]
Medical students win national startup competition We are pleased to share that a team of three medical students of Class of 2028 - Aikaterini Katramadou, Maria Tzifa and Dimitris Vlachos - were the winners of Junior Achievement's StartUp 2025 Programme and successfully represented Cyprus at the Gen-E 2025 European Entrepreneurship Festival in Athens this [...]
Medical students deliver sexual health educational workshop in Arabic for refugee children Two medical students from the MD graduate-entry programme (GEMD) have delivered a culturally sensitive, age-appropriate sexual health educational workshop in Arabic for refugee children at a Nicosia shelter, demonstrating the practical application of medical education in community service. GEMD 2030 student Christina [...]
Oxford/UNIC-led study develops breakthrough models to predict blood pressure medication side effects A study led by Constantinos Koshiaris, Assistant Professor of Medical Statistics at the Medical School and James P. Sheppard, Professor of Applied Health Data Science at the University of Oxford, has developed new models to predict serious side effects from antihypertensive medication. [...]
Mobile clinic concludes campaign at Larnaca refugee settlements with ECG screenings The Medical School’s collaboration with the Municipality of Larnaka, the Pancyprian Refugee Association, and the Ministry of Health concluded on Sunday with the fourth and final event offering preventive healthcare to residents of Greek Cypriot refugee settlements in Larnaka. Between October and [...]
Medical School Faculty and Students publish meta-analysis on heart surgery risks A meta-analysis led by Clinical Assistant Professor George Bazoukis has found that patients with atrial fibrillation face a significantly higher risk of death when undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). The study features the research contributions of fourth-year graduate-entry MD students Leigh Cohen [...]
Mobile Clinic brings health services to Greek-Cypriot refugee community in Kamares As part of the Medical School's commitment to addressing the needs of underserved populations, the Mobile Clinic visited the Greek-Cypriot refugee settlement in Kamares on Sunday, 9 November. Throughout the day, 20 medical students transformed the Apostolos Varnavas Churchyard into a welcoming [...]
Medical School students win EIT Health i-Days Nicosia 2025 A team of MD Year 6 students - Abdullah Ayesh, Elyaa Saleh, Jessica AL-Rabadi and Yasmeen Yousef - won first place at this year’s EIT Health i-Days Nicosia innovation competition. The annual two-day programme organised by Junior Achievement Cyprus with the support of EIT Health [...]
Grand rounds commence at Limassol General Hospital The inaugural grand round presentation at Limassol General Hospital (LGH) was delivered on 16 October by final-year MD student Abdul Rahman Nabil Awad Iweir, under the supervision of Dr Andreas Kostis, Curriculum Lead for Geriatrics and Deputy Clinical Lead for Internal Medicine at LGH. Grand rounds are [...]
As part of its ongoing commitment to promoting health literacy, the Medical School carried out a project in collaboration with GC School of Careers in Nicosia to raise awareness among adolescents on key public health topics. Initiated by Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology Zoi Dorothea Pana, the project aimed to enhance awareness on infection control, [...]
Medical School collaborates with GC School of Careers to promote health literacy among adolescents As part of its ongoing commitment to promoting health literacy, the Medical School carried out a project in collaboration with GC School of Careers in Nicosia to raise awareness among adolescents on key public health topics. Initiated by Professor of [...]
UNIC Athens - HAHE Accreditation for 8 Programmes Set to welcome its first student cohort on 3 November 2025 University of Nicosia - UNIC Athens has received official accreditation from the Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE) for eight undergraduate degree programmes, and will welcome its first student cohort on Monday, November 3rd, 2025. [...]
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 in the Agioi Anargyroi refugee settlement into a fully functioning community health station, providing essential health checks to Greek-Cypriot refugees [...]
University of Nicosia in the World’s Top 501–600 Universities in THE World University Rankings 2026 The University Ranks 1st for Research Quality Amongst the Greek and Cypriot Universities The University of Nicosia (UNIC) has once again been recognised among the world’s leading universities, reaffirming its position as a global centre of excellence in higher education and research. [...]
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 University. The yearly ranking titled ‘Science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators’ lists the world’s most influential scientists based on [...]
22 October 2025 The Medical School was one of the organisers of the EU’s first Simulation & Practical Onsite Training in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) with a focus on Paediatric Settings. The event took place in Athens over the weekend of 4-5 October 2025. The workshop was a collaborative initiative among the UNIC [...]
21 October 2025 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 University. The yearly ranking titled 'Science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators' lists the world's most influential scientists based on their citation impact. The database evaluates [...]
October 2025 The University of Nicosia Medical School, the Committee for the Supervision and Protection of the Rights of Mental Health Patients, and the Cyprus Psychiatric Society jointly organised a conference titled: 'Access to Mental Health Services for People Exposed to Disasters and Other Emergencies' on Saturday, 11 October 2025 at the UNESCO Amphitheatre, [...]
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 [...]
08 October 2025 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. Isabella describes this experience as incredibly rewarding but also very intense [...]
