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 [...]
Social responsibility is fundamental to UNIC Health and is expressed in various ways. One of these is the Mobile Clinic expeditions. This time, the Mobile Clinic of the Medical School participated in the Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society's Christmas Fiesta, an annual charity event held in support of cancer patients. The Fiesta took place at the [...]
On Sunday, 20 November 2022, the Mobile Clinic travelled to Lythrodontas village, where student volunteers representing the three medical programmes of the School (5-year and 6-year MD and MBBS) had the opportunity to practise their clinical skills and offer back to the community. Fifteen student volunteers performed blood pressure, body mass index, and electrocardiogram [...]
Acceptance of Applications for the PhD in Medical Sciences in field of Medical Education for the PhD Research Project ‘PHD-2022-A3: Investigating students’ preparation for clinical training skills in medical undergraduate education’ The PhD in Medical Sciences: The University of Nicosia Medical School offers the degree PhD in Medical Sciences. The degree is awarded to students [...]
Scholarship for the PhD in Medical Sciences in the field of Neuroscience / Biomedical Sciences for the PhD Research Project ‘PHD-2022-A2: Characterisation of central and autonomic nervous system function in patients with mild Alzheimer’s Disease’ The PhD in Medical Sciences: The University of Nicosia Medical School offers the degree PhD in Medical Sciences. The degree [...]
Scholarship for the PhD in Medical Sciences in the field of Sleep Science and Neuroscience for the PhD Research Project ‘PHD-2022-A1: Development of a Machine Learning-based nightmare detection method for recurrent nightmare treatment in PTSD’ The PhD in Medical Sciences: The University of Nicosia Medical School offers the degree PhD in Medical Sciences. The degree [...]
Recently published in the well-known peer reviewed journal “Cancer Epidemiology”, a paper cataloguing important original research done for the first time ever in Cyprus, could improve outcomes for the treatment of childhood cancers. First author, Clinical Professor of Paediatrics, Paediatric Oncology/Haematology/Immunology at the Medical School Loizos Loizou said ‘Despite its rarity, cancer in [...]
The Medical School participated with its Mobile Clinic in the annual charity event of Radiomarathon in support of children with disabilities. This year's event was held in the Neo Plaza Mall at Kokkinotrimithia, on Sunday 6 November 2022. A group of 15 medical student volunteers, supervised by Dr Marina Akourastou, had the opportunity to [...]
Dr Constantina Constantinou, Associate Dean for Research, Dr Soulla Nicolaou, Director of the MD Programme, and Dr Chloe Antoniou, Associate Director of the Graduate Entry MD Programme, represented the University of Nicosia at the NEOLAiA Medicine and Health Group Meeting, held between 21 and 23 September 2022, in Örebro, Sweden. NEOLAiA is a European [...]
#151–175 for Business and Economics, #176–200 for Education, #251–300 for Psychology, #501–600 for Clinical and Health, #501–600 for Social Sciences The 2023 results of the annual Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject reinforce the University of Nicosia’s global standing in the disciplines of Business and Economics, and Education, ranking it among the Top 151–175 in the world in Business and Economics, and among the Top 176–200 universities in [...]
University of Nicosia: Among the Top Universities in the World in Five Subject Areas #151–175 for Business and Economics, #176–200 for Education, #251–300 for Psychology, #501–600 for Clinical and Health, #501–600 for Social Sciences The 2023 results of the annual Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject reinforce the University of Nicosia’s [...]
The first Mobile Clinic expedition for this academic year took place on Sunday 23 October 2022 with a visit to the mountainous village of Farmakas in the Nicosia district. The expedition was organized in collaboration with the local community council and it coincided with the annual tomato and zivania festival of the village. Seventeen [...]
The University’s top-class research output was reaffirmed by the annual Stanford University list of top 100,000 scientists worldwide Seven (7) University of Nicosia (UNIC) academics are included on the annual list of 100,000 top-cited scientists worldwide and, correspondingly, in the top 2% of scientists in their field, according to a team of researchers at [...]
University of Nicosia Advances to Top 501-600 Universities in the World In the top 2% universities in the world, 157th in the EU, 2nd in Cyprus and 4th among Cypriot and Greek Universities, according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 The latest edition of the Times Higher Education [...]
October 2022 With the aim to recognise and celebrate individual alumni members who have made remarkable contributions to the Medical School, the Careers and Alumni Office introduced this year the ‘Annual Alumni Award.’ The 2022 Alumni recipients were chosen for their systematic student-centred approach and support, innovative thinking, willingness to help, and the hours [...]
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Ms Sue Chrysostomou is the Careers & Alumni Manager. Sue has been instrumental in the facilitating of graduates’ global placements, evident in the Medical School’s consistent placement rate of over 99% for the MBBS and MD graduates. “It is so rewarding to support our students throughout their medical degree and know that you [...]
Continuing medical education is a requirement for practicing doctors worldwide, and the ageing population as well as the increase in chronic conditions, have rapidly expanded the demand for healthcare around the world. To meet the challenge, EU health structures need to strengthen primary care systems for their populations. Thus, careers in healthcare services are [...]
October 2022 Getting involved with the Alumni network is a great way to offer back to the Medical School. Through online specialty sessions and mentoring, you can provide students with ongoing professional guidance on starting their perspective careers, and discuss with them future pathways to practise. In previous years, you had to travel to the [...]
The Medical School announces the establishment of an Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) programme in Cyprus. The programme is the result of a collaboration between the University of Nicosia Medical School and selected private hospitals/medical centres in Cyprus. Through training and development each Fellow of the ACF programme will undertake clinical work under the supervision [...]
Yousef Kordi, a sixth-year medical student of the MD6 programme, presented his work on the “Effect of sevoflurane on cardiovascular activity at maintenance and emergence from anaesthesia during surgery” at the 2022 IEEE Workshop. His work, which was conducted during his fourth year as part of the MED-405 Research Project course and was supervised [...]
The Medical School Careers Office is pleased to announce that, based on employment records, out of a total of 752 Medical School graduates (2015 – 2022), 751 or 99.9%, have been offered positions at over 300 medical centres around the world for residency training and research. For the MD programme graduates, this year [...]
