Professor Irena Papadopoulos (born in Famagusta, Cyprus) is a prominent Greek Cypriot transcultural nursing researcher and now resides in the United Kingdom.
During this period she has led a number of projects aimed at changing nursing practice, developing new curricula, developing new assessment tools, establishing quality systems, and integrating nursing education within the higher education sector.
She has also been -amongst others- an elected executive member of a Racial Equality Council, and a Citizen's Advice Bureau.
Her contribution in the voluntary sector has involved my participation in a number of committees and close liaisons with policy makers and funders at local and national level.
In 2003 she established the ‘Papadopoulos Award for Outstanding Caring Acts by Young People in the Greek community’.