Allied Health Archives

Kim Briley and six of her family members smile and pose with her framed Order of the Long Leaf Pine award outside the Brody Medical Sciences Building.
Oct 15, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU Order of the Long Leaf Pine award recipients

Retired East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine researcher Kimberly Briley and ECU audiology program alumnus Dr. Johnnie Sexton received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in September. The...

A man in a dark suit and dark rimmed glasses holds a framed certificate alongside a woman in a purple dress. In the background the ocean is visible.
Oct 15, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Pirate audiologist honored with Order of the Long Leaf Pine

Dr. Johnnie Sexton, an alumnus of East Carolina University’s audiology program, was recently honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one of the highest honors the state of...

A woman places a case of water in a semi-trailer with the ECU athletic logo on the side.
Oct 10, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Pirates come together for Hurricane Helene relief

The remnants of Hurricane Helene combined with heavy rainfall in the days prior to the storm caused historic flooding and devastation in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee after...

Jul 01, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

D-Day jump gives Brody simulation fellow perspective on training students

A few years ago, after nearly 40 years of service, Bill Vasios, a simulation fellow at the Brody School of Medicine’s clinical simulation program and an adjunct clinical associate faculty...

Jun 13, 2024
  • Doug Boyd

Construction heats up on campus this summer

This summer, heavy equipment will be laying down steaming hot asphalt around campus, but new chilled water pipes will soon be delivering cool, crisp air if you need to duck...

Two-time ECU alumna Dr. Jordan Griffin returned to the Physician Assistant program as a faculty member to help educate future generations of health care providers. (Photos by Steven Mantilla)
May 31, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Faculty: Dr. Jordan Griffin

Dr. Jordan Griffin, a Physician Assistant clinical assistant professor at the College of Allied Health Sciences, is from Macclesfield, North Carolina, in “the tiniest little part of Edgecombe County.” The...

Rose Baker, a second year PhD student in the Rehabilitation Studies program at the College of Allied Health Sciences, is studying how people communicate with older adults. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
May 31, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Student: Rose Baker

Sometimes finding your purpose, and your way to a home you couldn’t have planned for, takes some time. For Rose Baker, a doctoral student in East Carolina University’s College of...

May 09, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Nursing students partner though simulation to care for psychiatric patients

Dr. Tawny Tseng could never predict her path to becoming an East Carolina University nursing professor. A Seattle native, she was a jazz singer and then a dance teacher before...

Apr 23, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Faculty honored for passion and excellence with annual teaching awards

On the eve of the last day of class, East Carolina University recognized the hard work of its faculty members at the 2023-24 University Teaching Awards ceremony Monday in the...

Apr 16, 2024
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
  • Spaine Stephens
  • University Communications

ECU medical students lead Pirates vs. Cancer fundraiser for pediatric cancer patients

Over the years, students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have personally witnessed the impact of cancer on countless lives. Some have watched loved ones fight...