Allied Health Archives

Jul 26, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

Lumbee Tribe STEM students visit ECU

High school students from North Carolina’s largest state-recognized Indian tribe — and who have particular interest in science, technology, engineering and math fields — visited East Carolina University’s Health Sciences...

ECU occupational therapy students practice guiding patients through life tasks in the College of Allied Health’s simulated apartment, where students use hands-on approaches to learn occupational therapy skills.
Jul 26, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

DOCTOR OF OT

East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences is set to offer a doctoral degree program in occupational therapy — the first at any public university in the state. “As...

Jul 21, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU Speech and Audiology Student Association earns gold honors from national association

East Carolina University College of Allied Health Sciences students studying speech-language pathology and audiology who comprise the East Carolina chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) have...

Dr. Darrell Neufer, left, and Dr. Shahnaz Aziz are recipients of a National Institutes of Health grant to study workaholism and insulin levels
Jun 15, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

WORKAHOLISM AND DIABETES

East Carolina University faculty in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and the Brody School of Medicine have received $451,053 in grant funding from the National Institutes of...

Jun 07, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Project designed to support health care for older adults

Helping older adults with their health while allowing them to live independently is the goal of a project led by a multidisciplinary team of researchers at East Carolina University. Called...

Posed photo of Paul Toriello
Jun 01, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Paul Toriello

Dr. Paul Toriello believes almost dying saved his life. Long before he arrived at East Carolina University’s Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies, Toriello jumped out of a second-story window,...

J.H. Rose High School senior Carter Lamson works with students at the ECU Community School on a LEGO League program.
May 17, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS

Not long after its founding as a laboratory school in 2017, the ECU Community School changed its name to better reflect its focus on the children and families it serves....

Ravian Jordan, left, and Kayin Fails turn their tassels at commencement.
May 06, 2022
  • ECU News Services

ALWAYS PIRATES

East Carolina University celebrated the Class of 2022 in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in its first full-scale spring commencement ceremony since 2019. The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of more than 4,600 spring...

Brody School of Medicine alumna Dr. Rasheeda Monroe was part of a team of Black female physicians who worked to address health inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 05, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

SISTER CIRCLE

Edrisa Horton was eager to volunteer at a COVID-19 vaccine event at Macedonia New Life Church in southeast Raleigh during the early days of vaccine distribution. She wanted to do...

ECU grad progile Ashley Guttenberger poses on the mall.
May 02, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

GIVING VOICE

STATISTICS Name: Ashley Guttenberger College: College of Allied Health Sciences Major: Master of Science in communication sciences and disorders Age: 32 Classification/Year: Graduate student Hometown: Allentown, Pennsylvania Hobbies/interests: Hiking, traveling...