Allied Health Archives

Nov 04, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Healing After Helene: One Pirate therapist’s call to serve

After Hurricane Helene struck the mountains of western North Carolina, word of the destruction leaked slowly from the mountainsides and overwashed valleys. For one Pirate alum, a family rescue mission...

Oct 27, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Ronnie Woodward

Interprofessional event recognizes housekeepers’ role in health care

Over two days in late September, more than 500 East Carolina University students gathered to consider the importance of all members of the health care team — learning from those...

Oct 23, 2025
  • University Advancement

Four ECU alumni honored for distinguished military service

Four East Carolina University alumni were honored for their service to the country during the Distinguished Military Service Society (DMSS) ceremony at the Main Campus Student Center on Sept. 26. Retired Air...

Oct 14, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU, community colleges partner to transform health information careers

An innovative partnership between the baccalaureate health information management program at East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences — and nearly a dozen community colleges across the state —...

A professor dressed in purple and gold poses in an industrial kitchen on ECU's campus.
Aug 27, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Nutrition professor aims to boost The Gambia’s public health system with Fulbright scholarship

In January, Dr. Toyin Babatunde, an associate professor of nutrition science in East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences, will head to Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, to...

Aug 21, 2025
  • Steven Grandy

Caleb Spruill, biology/chemistry/public health, Duke University School of Medicine

A family history of kidney disease led East Carolina University student Caleb Spruill to apply for a summer research program at Duke University School of Medicine. Where a summer of...

Aug 19, 2025
  • ECU News Services

Pirates take advantage of summer study abroad opportunities

East Carolina University students grabbed their passports this summer as they participated in numerous study abroad opportunities. From group trips to solo positions, students went to all corners of the...

Two teen boys and one teen girl play their saxophones.
Aug 06, 2025
  • ECU News Services

Youth thrive at ECU summer camps

It’s a hot summer day and the East Carolina University campus is bustling with middle school students pitching entrepreneurial ideas, high school band students rehearsing and future teachers working on...

A woman with dark hair in a suit stands outside under a row of trees.
Jul 09, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Staff: Jessica Miller

Jessica Miller, the director and pre-award administrator in the College of Nursing-College of Allied Health Sciences Research Administration Hub, took a temporary position at East Carolina University without a clear...

Two women separate food into bowls in a well-lit indoor space.
Jul 08, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Speech student blends science, compassion for dysphagia study

An undergraduate student in East Carolina University’s speech language pathology program is offering hope to those with dysphagia through a novel research project — testing kitchen blenders. Hannah Shook will...