Lefteris Zacharia

Lefteris Zacharia is an Associate Professor at the University of Nicosia, School of Life and Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences. He combines academic expertise with industry experience in pharmacology, drug development, and regulatory affairs.

• BSc in Biochemistry from Denison University (1998)
• PhD in Pharmacology from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (2002)
• MBA from Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh (2007)

His research focuses on estradiol metabolite biology in Alzheimer’s disease, pre-eclampsia, and ischemia-reperfusion injury, alongside investigating inflammation resolution in cancer and cardiovascular diseases. He also explores peritoneal adhesions and nicotine metabolism inhibition for smoking cessation.

Recent publications emphasize animal models for cognitive impairment, adrenergic receptor targeting in neurodegeneration, and in vitro systems for metastatic cancer research. His work bridges translational pharmacology and clinical applications.

He has participated in European Union grants as principal investigator and NIH grants as co-investigator, with an h-index of 24 and over 1400 citations.