Mobile Clinic promotes preventive healthcare at the 41st Xylotymbou Race On 1 November, the Mobile Clinic joined the local community in Xylotymbou during the 41st Xylotymbou Race, offering free preventive healthcare services to local residents and race participants. Led by Dr Sotiris Dimosthenous, a team of 11 medical students provided free blood pressure [...]
Mobile Clinic joins United Nations Open Day at Ledra Palace The Mobile Clinic joined the United Nations Open Day on 24 October, outside the Ledra Palace crossing in Nicosia’s UN buffer zone, following an invitation from the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Cyprus. Held to mark UN Day, the event brought [...]
Medical School Professor and Associate Dean for Research appointed Vice-Chair of European Research Initiative Zoi Dorothea Pana, Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Research at the University of Nicosia Medical School, has been appointed Vice-Chair of 1HEALTH-NET, a newly launched European COST Action, bringing together researchers to advance infectious disease detection, surveillance, prevention, [...]
Mobile Clinic brings free health screenings to Mosfiloti The Mobile Clinic joined the 8th Annual Mosfilo Festival in Mosfiloti village last Sunday, offering local residents free health screenings and an opportunity to engage with medical students on the importance of health awareness and preventive care. Accompanied by Dr Danagra Ikossi, Clinical Associate Professor [...]
Medical school opens permanent exhibition on the Evolution of Cardiac Diagnosis in Cyprus The Medical School has officially opened a permanent exhibition entitled The Evolution of Cardiac Diagnosis in Cyprus, showcasing a unique collection of historic cardiology instruments dating from the 1940s to the 1980s. The opening took place on Wednesday, 21 October, in [...]
Advancing Biomedical Research and Collaboration at UNIC Athens The Scientific Symposium 'Connecting Minds, Advancing Biomedical Research' was recently held at UNIC Athens by the University of Nicosia Medical School in collaboration with the Biomedical Sciences Research Center 'Alexander Fleming'. The event followed earlier discussions and the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between [...]
Mobile Clinic visits rural village of Kampi Last Sunday, the Mobile Clinic travelled to the village of Kampi (Farmakas) to provide free health screenings to the local population, as part of its ongoing commitment to improving access to healthcare in rural and underserved communities. A team of 15 students provided blood pressure, glucose [...]
UDC: From diversity competence to more inclusive healthcare The Unit for Diversity Competence (UDC) in Healthcare and Healthcare Education was launched in September 2023 to operate under UNIC Health with a focus on helping healthcare professionals, faculty and students work more effectively with people from different cultural and social backgrounds. Training is one of [...]
UDC: From diversity competence to more inclusive healthcare The Unit for Diversity Competence (UDC) in Healthcare and Healthcare Education was launched in September 2023 to operate under UNIC Health with a focus on helping healthcare professionals, faculty and students work more effectively with people from different cultural and social backgrounds. Training is one of [...]
Fourteen UNIC Health faculty members recognised among world’s top-cited scientists UNIC Health is proud to announce that 14 of its faculty members are among the world’s top-cited scientists, according to the latest Stanford University ranking released on 7 October 2026. The annual ranking, titled ‘Updated science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators’, identifies the [...]
UNIC Ranked Among the World’s Top Universities in Clinical Medicine, Public Health, Business Administration and Management.
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 [...]
Medical School faculty leads introduction of pioneering Alzheimer's treatment in Cyprus George Kaponides, Clinical Professor of Neurology at the Medical School and Medical and Scientific Director of the EOKA Fighters' Melathron, was part of the first medical team in Cyprus to administer donanemab, a new treatment that slows the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Marketed under [...]
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 [...]
UNIC's inclusion in the ranking reflects the University's continued investment in high-quality medical research and its growing international reputation in the health sciences.
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 [...]
A key moment of the ceremony was the conferral of an honorary Doctor of Science (Medicine) degree upon internationally renowned physician and scientist Dr Eric Topol, Founder and Director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute and one of the world's leading authorities on artificial intelligence in medicine.
Embryologist Ioannis Sfontouris delivers lecture on medically assisted reproduction at UNIC Athens The Medical School’s Public Health lecture series at UNIC Athens, organised in collaboration with the Municipality of Elliniko-Argyroupoli, continued yesterday, with a lecture by Dr Ioannis Sfontouris, Associate Professor of Embryology at UNIC Athens and Director of the Embryology Laboratory at Hygeia IVF [...]
Medical School faculty leads special issue on advances in CNS tumour care Professor Dimitrios Kanakis has edited a special issue of the journal Biomedicines (MDPI) entitled Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and Treatment of CNS Tumors, bringing together international expertise on some of the most significant advances in the field of neuro-oncology. The special issue presents a diverse [...]
UNIC Athens MD student wins first prize at LifeHack Athens Hackathon 2026 UNIC Athens Medical School student Vasileios Kassos was part of the award-winning team that secured First Prize at the LifeHack Athens Hackathon 2026, held within the Panathenea Festival, one of Greece’s leading events for science and technology. The team was recognised for its [...]
From Sweden to Cyprus: medical students gain clinical experience and cultural insight For the past two months, five students from Örebro University in Sweden called Cyprus their home, completing part of their clinical training in Limassol. During this time, they gained valuable insight into a new healthcare environment while also embracing life on the [...]
