Alaxandros Heraclides
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
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School of Sciences
Department of Health Sciences
Qualification | Year | Awarding Institution | Department |
PhD Epidemiology and Public Health | 2010 | University College London (UCL) | Epidemiology and Public Health |
MSc Social Epidemiology | 2006 | University College London (UCL) | Epidemiology and Public Health |
MSc Nutrition | 2004 | King’s College London | Nutrition & Dietetics |
BSc Biology | 2003 | University of Bedfordshire | Biological Sciences |
Period of employment | Employer | Location | Position | |
From | To | |||
2014 | 2020 | University of Nicosia Medical School | Cyprus | Associate Professor Epidemiology and Public Health |
2012 | 2014 | Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics and the Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine | Cyprus | Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Faculty Associate |
2011 | 2011 | German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) | Germany | Postdoctoral Researcher (Gene-environment interactions) |
2010 | 2010 | Steno Diabetes Center, | Denmark | Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
Year | Title | Other authors | Journal and Publisher / Conference |
Vol. | Pages |
2020 | Personality, Chrono-nutrition and Cardiometabolic Health: A Narrative Review of the Evidence. | Al Abdi T, Andreou E, Papageorgiou A, Heraclides A, Philippou E | Advances in Nutrition | 11 | 1201-1210 |
2020 | Assessing radiation protection knowledge in diagnostic radiography in the Republic of Cyprus. A questionnaire survey | Zervides C, Sassis L, Kefala-Karli P, Christou V, Derlagen A, Papapetrou P, Heraclides A | Radiography (Lond) | 26 | e88-e93 |
2019 | Genetic and environmental factors contributing to Parkinson’s disease: a case-control study in the Cypriot population | Georgiou A, Demetriou CA, Christou YP, Heraclides A, Leonidou E, Loukaides P, Yiasoumi E, Pantziaris M, Kleopa KA, Papacostas SS, Loizidou MA, Hadjisavvas A, Zamba-Papanicolaou E | Frontiers in Neurology | 10 | 1047 |
2019 | Natural Products Derived from the Mediterranean Diet with Antidiabetic Activity: from Insulin Mimetic Hypoglycemic to Nutriepigenetic Modulator Compounds. | Deligiannidou G, Philippou E, Vidakovic M, Berghe WV, Heraclides A, Grdovic N, Mihailovic M, Kontogiorgis C | Current Pharmaceutical Design | 25 | 1760-1782 |
2019 | Developmental factors and risk of obesity in infants living in Cyprus – a prospective longitudinal study | Hileti D, Vichas C, Singhal A, Heraclides A, Iasonides M and Lanigan J. | Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics | 32 | 41-42 |
2017 | Y-chromosomal analysis of Greek Cypriots reveals a primarily common pre-Ottoman paternal ancestry with Turkish Cypriots | Heraclides A, Bashiardes E, Fernández-Domínguez E, Bertoncini S, Chimonas M, Christofi V, King J, Budowle B, Manoli P, Cariolou MA | PLoS OneU | 12 | e0179474 |
2016 | Investigation of gene–diet interactions in the incretin system and risk of type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-InterAct study | Heraclides A, Meidtner K, Buijsse B, van der Schouw YT, et al | Diabetologia | 59 | 2613-2621 |
2013 | The association between the immune marker soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) and incident diabetes is modified by smoking and body weight status among people with impaired glucose regulation | Heraclides A, Jensen TM, Rasmussen SS, Eugen-Olsen J, Haugaard SB, Borch-Johnsen K, Sandbæk A, Lauritzen T, Witte DR. | Diabetologia | 56 | 1542-1546 |
2017 | Mitochondrial superclusters influence age of onset of Parkinson's disease in a gender specific manner in the Cypriot population: A case-control study | Georgiou A, Demetriou CA, Heraclides A, Christou YP, Leonidou E, Loukaides P, Yiasoumi E, Panagiotou D, Manoli P, Thomson P, Loizidou MA, Hadjisavvas A, Zamba-Papanicolaou E | PLoS One | 12 | e0183444 |
2018 | Dietary glycaemic index and cognitive function: prospective associations in adults of the 1946 British birth cohort | Philippou E, Pot GK, Heraclides A, Richards M, Bendayan R | Public Health Nutrition | 22 | 1 |
Date | Title | Funded by | Project Role* |
2020- | Investigation of the effects of coffee consumption on insulin sensitivity and type 2 diabetes | European University Cyprus | Principal Investigator |
2020- | Retrospective investigation of Candidemia in children from different European Centers | European Pediatric Mycology Network | Research Partner |
2018- | Investigation of the association between personality, chrono-nutrition, and cardiovascular risk factors | University of Nicosia | Research Partner |
2020- | International comparative study on the direct and indirect mortality burden of COVID-19 since the start of the epidemic | University of Nicosia |
Research Partner (former Principal Investigator) |
2020- | The effects of home quarantine on lifestyle habits of adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected countries | University of Nicosia | Research Partner |
2014-2020 | Socioeconomic determinants of health behaviours and obesity in the adult Cypriot population | University of Nicosia |
Research Partner (former Principal Investigator) |
2017- | Dietary determinants of cognitive function in the 1946 British birth cohort | University of Nicosia; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London | Research Partner |
2018- | Prognostic significance of oestrogen receptor-β as a novel biomarker responsible for tamoxifen resistance in Cypriot breast cancer patients | University of Nicosia; BOC Oncology Centre | Research Partner |
Period | Organization | Title of Position or Service | Key Activities |
2016- | Cyprus Ministry of Health | Member of the Cyprus Ministry of Health National Committee on the Promotion of Vaccinations in the Public | Epidemiological guidance on the most up-to-date evidence as regards the safety of vaccinations in the general population |