RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH
Neurodegenerative diseases – such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS – are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. The risk of these diseases is reduced by intake...
Faculty/Staff Archives
ECU Nursing professor appointed to FDA advisory committee
An ECU College of Nursing faculty member has been appointed to serve on a committee for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the nation’s foremost authority on protecting public...
Research shows fewer males born in U.S. during periods of stress
It is a common understanding in scientific research that the male species, in general, are frailer and experience higher rates of mortality across their lifespans than females. Now, there is...
Donica tapped as new occupational therapy chair
The new chair of ECU’s Department of Occupational Therapy in the College of Allied Health Sciences hopes to retain the department’s stellar reputation and its balance of research opportunities to...
REI publishes online rural education journal
ECU’s Rural Education Institute (REI) and ECU Library Services have launched an online, peer-reviewed and open-access journal on rural education. Theory & Practice in Rural Education, also known as TPRE, will...
Health Sciences vice chancellor awarded alma mater’s highest honor
Dr. Mark Stacy, dean of the Brody School of Medicine and vice chancellor of ECU’s Division of Health Sciences, was recently awarded the University of Missouri School of Medicine’s highest...
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
An East Carolina University assistant professor turned in her bass guitar for a soil probe to rock out with microbes. The unconventional move from rocker to scientist paid off for...
ECU students lend a hand, learn about Puerto Rico during ABE trip
Cinya Brand turned her tassel and graduated from East Carolina University with a biology degree on May 3. The next day, she boarded a flight to Puerto Rico — not...
HEELING IS HEALING
Brent Carpenter says he sometimes feels like a duck out of water, but research at East Carolina University is helping him get back in his element by learning to sail....
HIGHEST FACULTY HONOR
CHAPEL HILL — A Brody School of Medicine psychiatrist has joined a prestigious group of East Carolina University professors bestowed with the UNC System’s highest faculty honor. Dr. Sy Saeed,...