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Alaxandros Heraclides
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
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Academic Qualifications
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
Employment History
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
Publications
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
Exhibitions
Research Projects
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
Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees
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
Awards/International Recognition
Other Achievements