UNSUNG HEROES
As the Return of Pirate Nation began, some staff at East Carolina University never left and paved the way for students and faculty to get back to campus. ECU Facilities...
Allied Health Archives
FISCAL YEAR END
Donor support in the last year helped East Carolina University continue its transformative education and regional impact and respond to the coronavirus pandemic by offering relief funds to students. In...
Peralta appointed director of Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, Chemistry
Dr. Ariane Peralta, assistant professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Biology, has been appointed director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine and Chemistry (IDPBBC) housed in the...
LAUPUS LENDS HELP
Although Laupus Library’s physical doors aren’t open, it continues to fulfill the research, service and informational needs of the health sciences community. The pandemic forced Laupus to close on March...
ECU collaborators, students study pathogen that affects animals, humans
East Carolina University faculty members are collaborating on research that could eventually lead to development of a drug or vaccine to fight bacteria that can infect farm animals and people....
VIRTUAL SIMULATION
As East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine prepares future medical professionals, it relies on the Office of Clinical Simulation to provide lifelike patient scenarios for students. However, with coronavirus...
Faculty: Dr. Holly Wei
Dr. Holly Wei is a magician. And as an associate professor in East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, she is teaching her students to become magicians themselves. “When I was...
ECU medical students resume clinical rotations for the first time since COVID-19
Medical students at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine recently returned to clinical rotations for the first time since rotations were halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Third-and-fourth year...
GRANTING SMILES
The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine has received a $3.1 million grant to enhance resident training in the care of patients with special needs in eastern North Carolina...
Faculty: Kim Stokes
Between her personal health situation as a child and a supportive family that stressed community and education, Kim Stokes seemed destined for a career in health care and of community...