Health Sciences Archives

May 05, 2025
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Brody alumna, student posters highlight Medical Education Day

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University hosted its 11th annual Medical Education Day May 1, highlighted by a keynote address by alumna Dr. Christina Peroutka. Held in...

A dental student stands posing in front of Ross Hall, smiling and wearing blue scrubs.
May 05, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Student: Madisyn French

Although East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine student Madisyn French is far from her hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, she is eager to establish her role in the clinical...

May 02, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Bobby Ampezzan
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU medical students celebrate residency Match Day

Each year, millions of Americans walk a commencement stage. They’re given a handshake for a job well done and a piece of paper proving it. In addition to May’s commencement...

Two people with their back to the camera wear purple graduation caps and gowns.
May 02, 2025
  • University Communications

Meet the ECU Class of 2025

On Friday, May 9 more than 4,600 students will graduate from East Carolina University. The Class of 2025 will carry more than diplomas as they close this chapter of their...

May 01, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Dogwood Health Trust invests in dental care for western North Carolina

East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine aims to increase sustainability and provide more patient access in western North Carolina through a grant from Dogwood Health Trust. The three-year, $593,000...

Apr 30, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Doctoral nursing students advance ECU’s research legacy, global impact

Three East Carolina University College of Nursing doctoral students will graduate in May, bringing a wealth of innovation and knowledge to the profession through their research and scholarship in an...

A young man wearing a sport coat stands holding a microphone on the left side of the room making a presentation to a group. To his left are two giant posterboards with two other young men standing to the side.
Apr 28, 2025
  • Steven Grandy

Campus Cribs finds a home at Aman Pirate Challenge

Finding the right place to live can be stressful and time-consuming for East Carolina University students who live off campus. Campus Cribs hopes to connect the two, giving students a...

Apr 28, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Critical care lessons help bridge global health gaps

A plane ticket to Butare, Rwanda isn’t cheap, but it’s hard to put a price tag on the lifesaving skills that East Carolina University’s College of Nursing professor Dr. Kristie...

A woman medical student sits smiling on a bench in a mezzanine in the Brody Medical Sciences Building.
Apr 24, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

The Whole Package

There is a photo of Dana Shefet perched high on a Himalayan mountaintop in India, peering across a valley toward the sharp peaks in the distance. Shefet is cast in...

Apr 17, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Outstanding faculty honored at 2025 University Teaching Awards

East Carolina University celebrated faculty members who excel in the classroom and beyond at the 2025 University Teaching Awards ceremony Tuesday in the Main Campus Student Center. “Our students, region...