Allied Health Archives

Oct 30, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

IN YOUR SHOES

A free foot clinic organized and staffed by ECU’s Brody School of Medicine students for Greenville’s homeless population has grown to provide additional services and better access to care for...

Sep 18, 2019
  • Kevin Newman

Grant will give preschoolers head start on learning about science and health

East Carolina University will lead a new five-year, $1.3 million grant that will give thousands of North Carolina children an early start on learning about science and nutrition. Preschool Education...

Jun 07, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

ADDICTION & REHABILITATION

The first study abroad trip for ECU’s Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation studies gave a group of graduate students and a couple of faculty members new perspectives on drug policies,...

Jun 04, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

CATCHING ISSUES EARLY

Stephanie Howard always thought her son Braxton’s behavior issues were rooted in hard-headedness, but after attending the ECU College of Allied Health Sciences’ free screenings event, she has a new...

East Carolina University professor Xin Hu shares his cell imaging research with attendees at the biomaterials research cluster launch event held at Research and Creative Achievement Week. The new cluster focuses on engineered materials that can be used for joint replacements, heart valves, surgical sutures or ligament replacements, among others.
Apr 18, 2019
  • Matt Smith

NEW RESEARCH CLUSTER

Researchers are putting a focus on biomaterials with the launch of East Carolina University’s newest research cluster. On April 5, the university launched its biomaterials research cluster as part of...

Ruba Raza gets her hair cut by Stephani Funez during the 2019 Pirates Vs. Cancer event in the Health Science Campus student center.
Apr 08, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

Stefani Funez spends most of her days trying to entertain herself in a hospital room. This has been the case for the 15-year-old Duplin County resident since she was diagnosed...

Dr. Andrew Stuart holds the SpeechEasy, a device he and two other ECU faculty members invented that helps people who stutter to speak normally. Stuart was recently elected as an inaugural member of the National Academy of Inventor’s Senior Member class.
Mar 22, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

INVENTOR HONOR

An ECU faculty member whose work has allowed thousands the ability to communicate normally was recently elected to the inaugural class of the National Academy of Inventors Senior Members. Dr....

From left, Dr. Ray Hylock, Dr. Xiaoming Zeng, Dr. Ashkat Kapoor and Dr. Paul Toriello (not pictured) are working on a three year grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Trust to build a data system to track the progress in behavioral health initiatives in Beaufort County.
Mar 13, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

CHANGE YOU CAN MEASURE

A grant for more than $400,000 awarded to East Carolina University’s Department of Health Services & Information Management will allow Beaufort County health care professionals to measure the effectiveness of...

Gloria Savage gets her blood pressure checked during the Jean Mills Health Symposium on Feb. 22.
Mar 01, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

IMPLEMENTING CHANGE

When Rev. Richard Joyner noticed a concerning trend of young people dying of chronic, preventable diseases in his small community of Conetoe, he went looking for solutions at the institutional...

Dr. Jamie Perry works with lab students Thanh Tran, left, and Katie Pelland on a computer program used for MRI data at the Allied Health Science Building.
Feb 05, 2019
  • ECU News Services

DR. JAMIE PERRY

Dr. Jamie Perry, associate professor in ECU’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, is a leading expert in velopharyngeal anatomy and has developed imaging processes using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRIs)...