Health and Human Performance Archives

Jul 15, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

Existing transportation program could be replicated to help increase access to care

A project funded by The Duke Endowment will allow East Carolina University researchers to evaluate an existing transportation program and pilot a similar one for underserved residents. The program, called...

Jun 23, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE

Today, almost one month following the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, protests continue to take place in and around Greenville, throughout the United States and...

Jun 22, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

Study examines how LGBT communities view health risks

While a majority of LGBT members rate HIV and AIDS as the most serious health issues today, researchers at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

Jun 16, 2020
  • Ken Buday

Grant to help ECU support underserved student researchers

A $400,000 grant will ensure underserved students from across the country will continue to have undergraduate research opportunities at East Carolina University. The National Science Foundation provided the funding for...

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May 11, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Jason Pilkington

East Carolina University student Jason Pilkington loves to be outside and build relationships with people. “I’ve loved being outside for as long as I can remember,” Pilkington said. “I was...

May 01, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

COMMUNITY ADVOCATE

Visit our YouTube channel for the closed-captioned version of this video. Serena Mooney leverages her passion for overlooked communities and advocacy as a future health care professional to shape her...

Apr 21, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Godgive Umozurike

East Carolina University student Godgive Umozurike plans to become a physician and serve in rural and medically underserved areas of North Carolina. Umozurike, a senior from Elizabeth City, is majoring...

Apr 09, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Undergraduates earn research awards totaling nearly $50K

Thirty-two East Carolina University students have received Spring 2020 Undergraduate Research and Creativity Awards totaling more than $50,000, the university’s Office of Undergraduate Research has announced. The awards provide support...

Mar 31, 2020
  • ECU News Services

LEANING IN

As East Carolina University students switched from in-person to distance education-only classes last week, hundreds of faculty and staff worked from home. Face-to-face lectures or meetings were replaced by virtual...

Mar 12, 2020
  • Erin Ward

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

When Ledyard E. Ross Hall, home of East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, opened in 2012, the man behind it served as an inspiration to future dentists committed to...