Konstantina Voniati
Visiting Associate Professor, Immunology
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School of Medicine
Visiting Professor
Academic Qualifications
| Qualification | Year | Awarding Institution | Department |
| Ph.D Specialisation “Immunology” | 1991-1992 | University of Ioannina, | School of Medicine, Ioannina, GREECE |
| M.Sc. Specialisation “Immunology | 1980-1981 | University of Calgary” | Health Sciences Centre, Calgary,CANADA |
| B.Sc. Biochemistry (Honours) | 1973-1977 | University of London. | King’s College, London, U.K |
| MBA | 2002-2004 | Cyprus International Institute of Management | (C.I.I.M.), Nicosia |
Employment History
| Period of employment | Employer | Location | Position | |
| From | To | |||
| present | Population screening Laboratory, Archbishop Makarios III Hospital, | Nicosia, CYPRUS. | Senior Thalassaemia Officer | |
| 2013 | 2014 | Development of a Manual for Blood Safety based on the European Union directive | Coordinator | |
| 2014 | 2015 | Accreditation of public Clinical Laboratories, Ministry of Health | Coordinator | |
Publications
| Year | Title | Other authors | Journal and Publisher / Conference |
| 2004 | Functional aspects of phagocytosis in thalassaemia patients International Haemoglobinopaties | Papaioannou-Voniatis D, Christou S., Agathangelou E., Ioannou Ch., Yiallouros P., Papaioannou N. and Voniatis M. | |
| 2006 | Cytokine genotyping of Cyprus Thalassaemia patients International Haemoglobinopathies | Papaioannou D,Christou,Pangalou E. and Voniatis M. | |
| 2004-2006. | Stem cell research on pregnancy Funded by the Cyprus Research Foundation | Papaioannou-Voniatis D,Agathangelou E.and Malas S. | |
| (2013). | 16th IHIW: Analysis of HLA Population Data, with updated results for 1996 to 2012 workshop data (AHPD project report). Internat. Journal of Immunogenetics | Riccio ME, Buhler S, Nunes JM, Vangenot C, Cuénod M, Currat M, Di D, Andreani M, Boldyreva M, Chambers G, Chernova M, Chiaroni J, Darke C, Di Cristofaro J, Dubois V, Dunn P, Edinur HA, Elamin N, Eliaou J-F, Grubic Z, Jaatinen T, Kanga U, Kervaire B, Kolesar L, Kunachiwa W, Lokki ML, Mehra N, Nicoloso G, Paakkanen R, Papaioannou Voniatis C, Papasteriades C, Poli F, Richard L, Romón Alonso I, Slavčev A, Sulcebe G, Suslova T, Testi M, Tiercy JM, Varnavidou A, Vidan-Jeras B, Wennerström A and Sanchez-Mazas A | 40(1):21-30. |
| (2012). | Strategies to work with HLA data in human populations for histocompatibility, clinical transplantation, epidemiology and population genetics: HLA-NET methodological recommendations. Int. J. Immunogenetics | Sanchez-Mazas A, Vidan-Jeras B, Nunes JM, Fischer G, Little A-M, Bekmane U, Buhler S, Buus S, Claas F, Dormoy A, Dubois V, Eglite E, Eliaou J-F, Gonzalez-Galarza F, Grubic Z, Ivanova M, Lie B, Ligeiro D, Lokki M-L, Martins da Silva B, Martorell J, Mendonça D, Middleton D, Papaioannou Voniatis D, Papasteriades C, Poli F, Riccio ME, Spyropoulou Vlachou M, Sulcebe G, Tonks S, Toungouz Nevessignsky M, Vangenot C, van Walraven A-M & Tiercy J-M | 39(6) 459–476. |
| April 2014 | 1. Ministry of Health, Nicosia (Cyprus) 2. WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and lung diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate (Italy) 3. Cyprus Foundation of Immunology & Allergology, Nicosia (Cyprus) 4. Tuberculosis Reference Centre, Pulmonology Clinic, Nicosia General Hospital,Nicosia (Cyprus). 5. Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland) *Equally contributed TB elimination, dream or reality? The case of Cyprus, E.R.J. | Constantia Voniatis*1, GiovanniBattistaMigliori*2, Michael Voniatis3, Andreas Georgiou4, Lia D’Ambrosio2, Rosella Centis2,Mario C Raviglione 5, |
Exhibitions
Research Projects
Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees
| Period | Organization | Title of Position or Service | Key Activities |
| 1991 | Ministry of Health, Nicosia, CYPRUS. | Member of the National AIDS Subcommittee for Blood Bank and Laboratories, | |
| 1992-1993 | Council of Europe, Strasbourg, FRANCE. | Member of Experts Committee on Histocompatibility, | |
| 24.1.2011 | Cyprus Ministry of Health Nicosia, | Thalassaemia Officer class A, | In charge of the Hospital and Private sector clinical Laboratories for accreditation /registration and monitoring and evaluation of their activities and performance |