AROUND THE WORLD
Cory Page came to ECU with credits from four colleges and experience as a hospital corpsman and paramedic after 8 1/2 years in the Navy. He said he found his...
Allied Health Archives
BACK TO SCHOOL
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, self-described handyman Matt Rice mustered little work. He paints houses, repairs appliances and puts down tile, but with COVID concerns, he felt uncomfortable walking into strangers’...
HEALTH CARE AFTER COVID
As most longtime eastern North Carolinians could tell you, sometimes the hardest part of a natural disaster is the cleanup. After a hurricane, for example, it often takes a while...
Rural Health Symposium highlights equity, oral health, COVID-19 impact
Health equity, oral health, resilience and the impact of COVID-19 on rural health care were some of many topics covered at the fifth annual Rural Health Symposium on Feb. 23-25....
MEDITERRANEAN DIET
Evidence increasingly supports the idea that plant-based dietary patterns, such as the Mediterranean diet, may play an important role in the risk reduction of many chronic diseases. To better educate...
PARKINSON’S DISEASE SURVEY
East Carolina University researchers are hoping to understand which resources are available to those with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in eastern North Carolina, how they are being utilized, and what types...
ECU dental school hosts annual Celebration of Research and Scholarship
The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine held its seventh annual Celebration of Research and Scholarship (CORAS) on Feb. 9, honoring student exploration and discovery through oral health focused...
ECU’s Laupus Library to host Love Data Week
A tradition of information-sharing and conversations about data gathering and use will continue this year during Love Data Week, hosted by Laupus Health Sciences Library. Love Data Week, an international...
HABIT STUDY
While many of his peers are being shuttled around to practices and tournaments for their various sports teams, Wyatt Sanson is often traveling to physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech...
2021: YEAR IN REVIEW
Pirate Nation made great strides in 2021. After a rocky 2020, this year brought great promise as Pirates hoped to leave the pandemic behind and start fresh. The pandemic didn’t...