WHO WE ARE
The Respiratory Physiology Laboratory is part of the Medical School of the University of Cyprus. It is headed by the Professor of Pediatrics and pediatric pulmonologist Dr Panayiotis Yiallouros and it currently engages 12 members at the senior, post-doctoral, and junior level. Overall, the make-up of the Respiratory Physiology Laboratory and its network of collaborators is characterised by a highly engaged and collaborative multidisciplinary team of medical doctors, allied health professionals (diagnosticians, nurses, physiotherapists) and researchers.
The laboratory provides training and clinical care and conducts research in the fields of respiratory disease, with a special interest in rare hereditary respiratory diseases such as Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and Cystic Fibrosis. Furthermore, the laboratory is actively involved in research in the field of environmental and public health, primarily regarding the impacts of air pollution and other environmental determinants in common respiratory diseases such as Asthma.
OUR TEAM

Panayiotis Yiallouros
Professor of Paediatrics
Dr. Panayiotis Yiallouros is a Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology at the Medical School of the University of Cyprus and leads the Respiratory Physiology Laboratory of the School. He is a Pediatric Respiratory Consultant and founder of the Pediatric Respiratory Clinic at the tertiary children’s hospital ‘Archbishop Makarios III’ in Nicosia and leads the Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and Cystic Fibrosis clinics. He is actively involved in epidemiological and clinical studies in major pediatric respiratory diseases such as asthma, primary ciliary dyskinesia and cystic fibrosis, as well as in environmental and public health studies, primarily investigating the impact of air pollution and other environmental and lifestyle exposures on child health outcomes. To date, Prof Yiallouros has coordinated several national and EU funded research projects in the fields of respiratory disease, public health and climate change adaptation and his published work includes >110 publications in PubMed Journals.

Panayiotis Kouis
Special Research Scientist – Project Manager
Dr. Panayiotis Kouis is a biologist and holds an MSc in Molecular Medicine and a PhD in Environmental Health. He is a member of the Respiratory Physiology Laboratory since 2017 and serves as the project manager of the EU funded program LIFE MEDEA. He is also involved in PCD diagnostic testing and coordinates the performance of observational and randomised trials in cohorts of chronic respiratory disease patients. His research interests include respiratory physiology, respiratory epidemiology, as well as the study of the impact of environmental exposures and climate change on public health.

Pinelopi Anagnostopoulou
Lecturer of Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology

Andreas Anagiotos
ENT Specialist
Dr. Andreas Anayiotos is a Consultant Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon at the Nicosia General Hospital. His clinical and research interests include a wide range of otolaryngologic topics such as prevention of hearing loss, cochlear implantation, cholesteatoma surgery and ear–nose–throat (ENT) complications in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD). He currently serves as the local principal investigator of the ENT prospective international cohort study of patients with PCD (EPIC-PCD study). He participates in the training of ENT residents and medical students as a scientific collaborator of the Medical School at the University of Cyprus.

Paraskevi Kinni
Special Research Scientist

Antonis Mechanikou
Special Research Scientist

Andreas Matthaiou
Special Research Scientist
COLLABORATORS
UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS

Constantinos Deltas
Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics

Stavros C. Kassinos
Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Panagiotis Bargiotas
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Paris Skourides
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Georgios Nikolopoulos
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Konstantinos Pitsios
Special Teaching Staff

Petros Mouzourides
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Andreas Eleftheriou
Special Research Scientist

Aigli Evriviadou
Special Research Scientist
COLLABORATORS
Cyprus University of Technology

Nicos Middleton
Associate Professor in Health Sciences Research Methodology and Biostatistics at Cyprus University of Technology
COLLABORATORS
University of Nicosia

Souzana Achileos
Assistant Professor in Environmental Health

Marios Lemonaris
Medical Student
COLLABORATORS
Archbishop Makarios III Hospital

Phivos Ioannou
Nurse Specialist

Markela Markou
Head of Microbiology Department

Aristoula Toliopoulou
Physiotherapist
COLLABORATORS
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics

Michail Panagiotidis
Professor - Senior Scientist

Andreas Hadjisavvas
Professor - Scientist

Kyriacos Kyriacou
Emeritus Professor

Maria Loizidou
Associate Scientist

Louiza Potamiti
Laboratory Scientific Officer
COLLABORATORS
Harvard T.H. School of Public Health

Petros Koutrakis
Professor of Environmental Sciences

Stefania Papatheodorou
Lecturer of Epidemiology
COLLABORATORS
University of Oxford

Maria Kakoura
Postdoctoral Researcher
COLLABORATORS
Hippokrateion General Hospital

Ioannis Tsiolakis
Pediatric Resident
COLLABORATORS
School of Medicine of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Skevi Stylianou-Riga
Neonatologist- Pediatrician