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«A 30 year journey in science and medicine »

10/06/2011 09:24
Nemitsas/ Lectures

Οn Wednesday, June 15, 2011, the University of Cyprus will be hosting a lecture by the distinguished Cypriot Professor Dr. Eleftherios Ph. Diamandis, honoured in 2010 with the Prize of Takis and Louki Nemitsas Foundation, known as the Nemitsas Prize, for his significant contributions to the field of Medical Sciences.

The lecture will focus on the thirty years long journey of Professor Diamandis to Science and Medicine, an enlightening journey of multiple perspectives, where the lecturer will share with the audience his experience as a scientist and a doctor, but also as an immigrant. The lecturer will show how strong researchers from Greece and Cyprus can accomplish their targets and distinguish themselves, without losing their identity and culture, in countries with opportunities to excellence.

The lecture is coorganized by the University of Cyprus, the Takis and Louki Nemitsas Foundation and the Cyprus Medical Association. It is the first of Nemitsas Lectures, which aim at bringing to the public/s knowledge the accomplishments of distinguished Cypriots awarded with the NEMITSAS prize who offer, through their dedication and activities, the foremost to mankind.

The lecture will take place in the Main Auditorium of the University of Cyprus, at 75 Kallipoleos street, at 7 p.m. Welcome greetings will be given, on behalf of the coorganizers by Professor Marios Mavronicolas, the Vice – Rector on International Affairs, Finance and Administration at the University of Cyprus and Mr. Takis Nemitsas, the President of the Takis and Louki Nemitsas Foundation, will welcome the lecture. The lecturer will be introduced by Dr. Stavros Stavrou, President of the Medical Association of Nicosia – Keryneia «Hippocrates».

For further information: tel. 22894305/ 25569222 or visit the websites www.ucy.ac.cy, http://www.nemitsasfoundation.org/ & http://www.cyma.org.cy/cyma.org/index.php