PARKINSON’S DISEASE SURVEY
East Carolina University researchers are hoping to understand which resources are available to those with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in eastern North Carolina, how they are being utilized, and what types...
Allied Health Archives
ECU dental school hosts annual Celebration of Research and Scholarship
The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine held its seventh annual Celebration of Research and Scholarship (CORAS) on Feb. 9, honoring student exploration and discovery through oral health focused...
ECU’s Laupus Library to host Love Data Week
A tradition of information-sharing and conversations about data gathering and use will continue this year during Love Data Week, hosted by Laupus Health Sciences Library. Love Data Week, an international...
HABIT STUDY
While many of his peers are being shuttled around to practices and tournaments for their various sports teams, Wyatt Sanson is often traveling to physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech...
2021: YEAR IN REVIEW
Pirate Nation made great strides in 2021. After a rocky 2020, this year brought great promise as Pirates hoped to leave the pandemic behind and start fresh. The pandemic didn’t...
ECU speech and hearing clinic donations top $1 million
Nearly 1 in 12 U.S. children aged 3-17 have a disorder related to voice, speech, language or swallowing, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Two...
ECU medical, physical therapy students provide free services to area homeless
Students from East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and College of Allied Health Sciences recently spent an evening providing complimentary foot exams and physical therapy services to homeless residents...
ECU health sciences authors honored for publications
Faculty and staff from across East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences gathered Nov. 9 at the Trade Club in TowneBank Tower at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium for the William E. Laupus...
Simulation exercise brings medical, physician assistant students together to provide emergency care
The following story and photos include imagery that may be sensitive to some readers. Medical and physician assistant students walking into the Brody Commons on Saturday were met with the...
STARTING STEM EARLY
If you happened to see Dr. Virginia C. Stage on the ground, digging through the dirt to find roly-polies outside ECU’s Health Sciences Building this past summer, you might not...