Allied Health Archives

Sep 27, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU occupational therapy provides screenings, activities for children

Students and faculty in the East Carolina University College of Allied Health Sciences’ Department of Occupational Therapy provided free screenings, educational games and activities to children on Sept. 18 during...

Sep 13, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Fernando Chivela

Growing up in Angola — a country on Africa’s west coast beset by civil war, poverty and preventable diseases — has inspired Fernando Chivela to use technology to improve access...

Aug 26, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS

In eastern North Carolina, where hurricanes and tropical events are common in the late summer and early fall, it’s crucial to understand how to prepare for their potential impacts. Not...

Aug 05, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

ECU driving boot camp steers participants in right direction

The sight of blue lights flashing in a rearview mirror can make your heart race — especially for inexperienced drivers. Learning the do’s and don’ts of being pulled over has...

Jun 11, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

MAPPING COVID-19

When limited resources prevent everyone from having immediate access to COVID-19 vaccines, how do you determine who needs them most urgently? Where are they located? How can you get the...

May 28, 2021
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Denise Donica

Dr. Denise Donica doesn’t live in the negative. Positive outcomes fuel Donica, an associate professor and chair of the East Carolina University Department of Occupational Therapy. “The goal of occupational...

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May 03, 2021
  • ECU News Services

SEASON FINALE

A Lumbee dentist who will return to practice in his hometown, a prison sergeant, a dancer, a clinical lab scientist, a future lawyer, a graduate school-bound neuroscientist and a Gold...

ECU graduate and U.S. Navy veteran Travis Barton looks forward to a service-oriented civilian career in clinical laboratory science.
May 03, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

SERVICE IN HIS BLOOD

Travis Barton knew that he was meant to help people since childhood. At the time, he didn’t know exactly what that would look like. Joining the military allowed him to...

Apr 26, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

The COVID-19 pandemic presented a host of challenges for the student organizers of the annual Pirates Vs. Cancer fundraiser this year, but they remained undaunted and still managed to raise...

Apr 14, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

FUTURE CHANGE MAKERS

This spring, East Carolina University undergraduates taking a 4000-level research course in African and African American Studies (AAAS) are learning how their history and diverse, interdisciplinary research interests may help...