Announcements | SGUL News

• Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy

  2 May 2012

  

  Dimitrios Linos, Professor of Surgery at St George's, University of London Medical School at the University of Nicosia is the co-editor of the new book titled ‘Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy’.

  Published in May 2012, the book describes in detail the various techniques of minimally invasive thyroidectomy that have emerged in recent years and presents the new supportive equipment, including intraoperative monitoring and energy devices.

• Communications Skills in Mental Health Care

  2 Apr 2012

  

  Dr Alexia Papageorgiou, Senior Lecturer and Clinical Communication Theme Lead at St George's, University of London Medical School at the University of Nicosia is the co-editor of a new book titled ‘Communications Skills in Mental Health Care.’ 

• Guest Lecture on 29 March

  20 Mar 2012

  

  The St George's, University of London Medical School at the University of Nicosia is hosting a lecture by Professor Frank Röchricht entitled “Innovative and cost effective management of long term medical
  

• Lectures by Royal College of Surgeons of England on 6 February

  5 Feb 2012

  

  Two lectures by Members of the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of England will be hosted by the St George's, University of London Medical School at the University of Nicosia on Monday, 6 February.
  

• SGUL faculty speak at psychiatric symposium

  9 Jan 2012

  

  A number of faculty members from the St George's, University of London Medical School at the University of Nicosia were speakers at a symposium organised by the Cyprus Psychiatric Association and the Cyprus Mental Health Commission on 13-14 January. The theme was “Medical Ethics, Group Psychotherapy, Person Centred Psychiatry and Medicine” and the event was held under the auspices of the Cyprus Minister of Health, Dr.

• Movember charity boosted by SGUL Nicosia students

  3 Jan 2012

  

  The Medical Student Society at the St George’s, University of London Medical School at the University of Nicosia raised over 4,000 Euros through its Movember charity event. Participants grew moustaches throughout the month, as the goal of Movember is to "change the face of men's health” by increasing awareness of prostate and testicular cancer.

• St George's, University of London Medical School at University of Nicosia inaugurated

  1 Dec 2011

  

  The first medical school in Cyprus – the St George's, University of London Medical Programme at the University of Nicosia – was officially inaugurated on 25 November at a ceremony attended by the Cyprus Minister of Education and Culture, Giorgos Demosthenous, as well as by representatives of the country’s medical and academic communities.

• MRC awards SGUL team £2.6million for trial of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis drugs

  18 Oct 2011

  

  A group of St George’s, University of London researchers has been awarded £2.6million by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to conduct a trial of two new drug treatments for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis. The team will carry out a four-and-a-half-year trial at three sites in Malawi and Zambia, where cryptococcal meningitis is a major problem and often fatal.

• New score can tell doctors how long cancer patients have left to live

  26 Aug 2011

  

  A new scoring system can more reliably predict whether patients with advanced cancer are likely to survive for “days”, “weeks” or “months” finds a study published today.

  Patients with advanced cancer and their carers often wish to know how long they have left to live. This information is also important for clinicians to help them plan appropriate care. Clinician predictions of survival are the mainstay of current practice, but are unreliable, over-optimistic and subjective.

• Aging & Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

  1 Aug 2011

  

  The Cyprus Sociological Association and the Research Unit in Behaviour & Social Issues in collaboration with St George’s Medical Programme at the University of Nicosia and the Cyprus Altzheimer’s Association and University of Nicosia, organize a Conference with the title: Aging & Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.

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