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A van from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine travels through rural eastern North Carolina enroute to providing free health screenings and COVID-19 vaccines to patients in underserved communities.
Nov 17, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel
  • ECU Health News
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
  • Spaine Stephens

RURAL HEALTH DAY 2022

Beginning in 2010, organizations across the United States have reserved the third Thursday in November to celebrate National Rural Health Day and highlight unique challenges residents of rural communities face...

The School of Dental Medicine’s community service learning center in Spruce Pine is one of eight such centers in rural areas across the state, where students gain valuable patient experiences.
Nov 17, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

RURAL DENTAL INNOVATION

Mount Airy, North Carolina, sits three miles south of the Virginia state line, a community of 10,000 so prototypical of Southern charm that it’s accepted as the basis for the...

Dr. Amy White-Jones, one of the first residents in Brody and ECU Health’s Rural Family Medicine Residency program, examines a patient at Goshen Medical Center in Beulaville.
Nov 17, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

RURAL HEALTH EDUCATION

The college and schools on East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus share a mission produce top-notch health care professionals to serve North Carolina. A key component of that commitment is...

Nov 08, 2022
  • ECU Advancement

ECU School of Dental Medicine awarded Delta Dental Foundation grants

Thanks to two generous grants from the Delta Dental Foundation, the ECU School of Dental Medicine will continue its efforts of providing transformational care to rural and underserved communities across...

Nov 04, 2022
  • ECU News Services

INVESTING IN STUDENTS

East Carolina University’s Board of Trustees on Friday approved the site of a new medical education building on the health sciences campus. Trustees also approved an increase in tuition for...

Nov 04, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU, ECU Health provide school children glimpse of possible health care careers

Seventy-five middle and high school students from communities in 15 eastern North Carolina counties spent their Saturday getting a first-hand understanding of what careers are available in the health care...

Aug 18, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Forum celebrates medical and dental student research, distinction track projects

East Carolina University medical and dental students in the Summer Scholars Research and distinction track programs showcased their scholarly work on Aug. 1 during the 25th Annual Medical Student Scholarship...

Jul 28, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU School of Dental Medicine awards first endowed professorship

Dr. Michael Webb was named the inaugural recipient of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Dentistry during a July 21...

Jul 26, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

Lumbee Tribe STEM students visit ECU

High school students from North Carolina’s largest state-recognized Indian tribe — and who have particular interest in science, technology, engineering and math fields — visited East Carolina University’s Health Sciences...

Ross Hall
Jun 30, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ROSS LEAVES LEGACY

Dr. Ledyard E. Ross Jr., community orthodontist and benefactor of East Carolina University and the ECU School of Dental Medicine, died on the evening of June 28. He was 96....