Allied Health Archives

Dr. Leigh Cellucci, CAHS associate dean for academic affairs and professor of health services and information management, walks on a Roman road with Bulgarian peer Dobrinka Georgieva, professor in speech language pathology, at the Medical University of Plovdiv. (Contributed photos)
Nov 30, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

BULGARIAN OUTREACH

Faculty members from East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences are expanding the university’s mission of service past the state’s borders — across the Atlantic to the Black Sea...

Nov 16, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

SPEECH PARTNERSHIP

Erin Baginski lives about as far from eastern North Carolina as a person could drive to, but she’s every bit a Pirate and represents a pair of very successful partnerships...

Food Lion representatives Kevin Durkee, David Hardee and David Garris join ECU nutrition science faculty Dr. Lauren Sastre and department chair Dr. Michael Wheeler in cutting the ribbon to open the ECU/Food Lion Feeds mobile teaching kitchen and pantry. (ECU Photo by Rhett Butler)
Nov 10, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

MOBILE NUTRITION

When East Carolina University’s new Farm 2 Clinic (F2C) mobile teaching kitchen and pantry hits the road it will deliver more than nutrition to underserved people in the region. The...

Adrienne Steiner-Brett and Ginny Driscoll, assistant professors of music therapy, along with Pitt County Group Homes Foundation President Jacob Parrish and Executive Director Mary Grace Bright receive a plaque for ECU’s new on-campus music therapy clinic. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Nov 02, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

MUSIC THERAPY

Crowdfunding instrumental to program's success A crowdfunding campaign to raise $20,000 kicks off Nov. 1 to help fulfill the vision for the new music therapy clinic in East Carolina University’s...

Fine arts major Sydney Cook is delving into her creative process through her signature honors project exploring typography, artificial intelligence and more. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Oct 25, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

The culminating academic experience for East Carolina University Honors College students is the signature honors project. Through this experience, students can pursue thesis-based or creative endeavor projects with a faculty...

Oct 24, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

Ashley Jones, Communications

The signature honors project offers East Carolina University Honors College students a chance to explore future career pathways and make connections within professional programs. Ashley Jones, a communication major, reached...

Oct 19, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU alum leads N.C. rehabilitation hospital to leadership on the global stage

In time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first graduating class of East Carolina University’s occupational therapy program, a large constellation of nonprofit therapy and rehabilitation hospitals and clinics,...

Guyla Evans prepares students to fill the growing need for professionals to conduct tests and run medical labs as interim director of ECU’s clinical laboratory science program.
Jun 12, 2023
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Guyla Evans

As a high school student, Guyla Evans had to decide on a career path. “I always knew I wanted to do something in health care,” Evans said. “Like a lot...

ECU graduate school student Sydney Frank posing for a photo
Jun 01, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

Student: Sydney Frank

Sydney Frank always knew she wanted to be one to help others. During her undergraduate psychology education at Villanova, she figured that physical therapy would be the right fit. After...

East Carolina University nutrition science students prepare and serve an Italian lunch in the Rivers Building.
May 18, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

HANDS-ON NUTRITION

Food makes life richer, more enjoyable. It solidifies culture and fosters unshakable foundations for families. Food assists with super-human endurance and strength or can destroy a body’s ability to sustain...