06 October 2025 University of Nicosia Medical School second-year student Natalya Loutzis has completed a seven-week research placement at the University of Lausanne through their competitive Summer Undergraduate Research Programme, working on neuroscience research that bridges laboratory science and clinical medicine. Natalya was one of only 15 students selected internationally for the fully-funded programme, [...]
24 September 2025 The University of Nicosia’s Zebrafish Laboratory recently began full scale operations. Last week, the laboratory team hosted an information session for University of Nicosia faculty and partners to outline the facility’s research goals and explore opportunities for collaboration. Led by Associate Professor Konstantinos Voskarides and Assistant Professor Annita Achilleos, the facility [...]
16 September 2025 Jesse Zulberg recently returned from Tanzania where he spent two months volunteering with HealthMission Africa, an experience that left a lasting impact on his approach to medicine. The final-year MD student worked in rural areas where healthcare resources are limited, giving him new perspective on medical practice. ‘Growing up in South [...]
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 partners. The initiative, officially titled 'Enhancing Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) management for HIV populations through Implementation research, evidence-based interventions, and [...]
August 2025 Last March, four MD5 students from the University of Nicosia Medical School completed a 10-week exchange programme at Örebro University Hospital in Sweden, a NEOLAiA alliance member. Emma Nordahl from Norway, May Hajeir from Jordan, Yllina Zekaj from Kosovo, and Weaam Al-Hoqani from Oman undertook their gynaecology and paediatrics placements in this [...]
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 [...]
July 2025 Recent graduates Ismini Kyriacou, Virginia Constantinou and Irene Papapetrou (all MD ’25) authored a collaborative study, 'Should Teachers Entertain? Views and Attitudes of Students and Faculty in Two Medical Programmes in Cyprus and Sweden', which was presented at the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) Conference in Bangkok on 27 May 2025. [...]
July 2025 From 25 May to 2 June 2025, Naresh Sinnathamby (MBBS, Class of 2025, recently graduated) and Aliraza Rajabali (MD, Class of 2028) represented the University of Nicosia Medical School at the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. They presented the University’s Mobile Clinic initiative to an international audience [...]
27 June 2025 The University of Nicosia Medical School celebrated its tenth commencement on 26 June, conferring medical, master's and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The ceremony centred on a commencement speech by Joan Gabel, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, who urged the Class of 2025 to ‘trust yourselves, embrace uncertainty, and stay human’. [...]
June 2025 On 10 June 2025 the UNIC Medical School held its White Coat Ceremony, the moment students move from classroom study to clinical training. The event opened with brief greetings from the Student Society, followed by short addresses from the Dean and Faculty leaders, who stressed professionalism and patient-centred care. Four student representatives [...]
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 European partner institutions attended the launch. The Medical School team comprises Dr Achilleas Pavlou as the primary investigator, working with [...]
5 June 2025 Last Saturday, 31 May 2025, the Medical School’s Mobile Clinic took part in Cyprus Pride 2025, partnering with the AIDS Solidarity Movement's Cy Checkpoint to provide free, anonymous and rapid HIV and STI testing. Over 120 rapid tests were conducted, together with peer-counselling on adopting safer sexual practices. 'Participating in the [...]
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 education in infectious diseases. Specialists from Belgium, France, Portugal, Greece, and Cyprus contributed to the training, including Professors Pierre Van [...]
28 April 2025 The University of Pittsburgh's School of Public Health and UNIC Health have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding, establishing a framework for comprehensive academic collaboration and exchange. The partnership will focus on joint research initiatives, academic exchanges, and educational partnerships, with a priority emphasis on developing a joint online MSc in [...]
by George Sycallides, Communications office, UNIC Health 10 April 2025 Prakriti’s and Ahmed’s report on rare disease reaches UK’s Royal Society of Medicine MD5 students Prakriti Sachdev and Ahmed Eldesouky recently presented their report on a rare autoimmune condition, under the guidance of Professor Joseph, at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) [...]
7 April 2025 We are happy to announce that the UNIC Health team has achieved first place among 46 groups in the recent Run for Autism 5km corporate race. The event took place in Ayia Napa, on Sunday, 6 April 2025. Following last year's second place, UNIC Health's Student Services and the Running Club [...]
8 April 2025 Over 90 personal doctors met at UNIC's Discovery Hall last Saturday for the Medical School's third annual Family Medicine Conference, supported by Cyprus's three medical societies representing personal doctors. In his welcome address, Professor Adonis Ioannides, Dean of the Medical School, stated: ‘This conference demonstrates our Medical School's commitment to continuously [...]
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 Society, in collaboration with students of the School of Veterinary Medicine and faculty of UNIC Health. The conference provided a [...]
20 March 2025 The University of Nicosia Medical School's mobile clinic programme marked a significant development last weekend with the introduction of paediatric services and the resumption of spirometry testing, following the COVID-pandemic, in Fterikoudi village. The expansion brings specialised children's health services to the rural community for the first time, operating under the [...]
by Aliraza Rajabali, MD-Y3, Mobile Clinic Club Secretary 13 March 2025 On Sunday, 9 March 2025, the Mobile Clinic organized an expedition to Ormideia Village. The day began with clear skies and sunshine, setting a positive tone for the work ahead. Nineteen medical students participated in the expedition, providing blood pressure and glucose testing, [...]
06 March 2025 On 21 February 2025, UNIC Medical students, based at Paphos General Hospital (PGH), organised the 2nd multi-thematic clinical conference at the amphitheatre of PGH, under the supervision of Professors Joseph Moutiris and Joseph Joseph, who served as chairs of the conference. The event featured 11 presentations from Year 5 and 6 [...]
