Medical Archives

Dec 11, 2024
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Hands-on experience gives high schoolers a look at their health sciences education

Success stories start as dreams we harbor in our youth. Career days such as the third Future Health Professionals Conference Nov. 23 help fill in the critical details that make...

Dec 04, 2024
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Donors, students celebrate scholarships that lighten the load of medical school debt

“It should not be the case that when you cross Interstate 95 you have a different life expectancy,” Dr. Michael Dale Warren told a crowd of donors and medical students...

Dec 02, 2024
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Brody School of Medicine’s Dr. Tom Irons honored with Spirit Award

Dr. Thomas “Tom” Irons, a retired East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine professor whose lifetime commitment to rural health care earned him a place in the state of North...

Nov 26, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Health sciences authors recognized with awards

More than 100 authors and a range of health aspects were highlighted at the 18th East Carolina University Health Sciences Author Recognition Awards. Award winners representing the Brody School of...

A tall man wearing a suit stands next to an older woman wearing a maroon sweater holding an award. An older man wearing a purple sweater holding an award stands to their right.
Nov 22, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Board of Trustees recognizes Pirate accomplishments

In its final meeting of 2024, the East Carolina University Board of Trustees honored alumni Bob Greczyn as well as Bill and Frances Cain with the Trustees Award for Distinction....

28 people stand in front of a long, low mound of sandy ceremonially shoveling dirt in front of two construction excavators strung with a large American flag.
Nov 22, 2024
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Center for Medical Education Building construction begins with ceremonial groundbreaking

East Carolina University leaders broke ground Thursday on a planned seven-story, 195,000-square-foot Center for Medical Education Building financed by the state of North Carolina. The project promises to make space...

A male medical provider in a blue shirt holding a clipboard consults with a patient in an exam room
Nov 14, 2024
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

APLU recognizes ECU’s commitment to community engagement

In recognition of extraordinary commitment to community engagement, innovation and economic prosperity, East Carolina University received two national awards from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities during its annual...

Nov 13, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Spaine Stephens

Doctor’s three decades of service leaves lasting impact on medical training

Dr. Walter “Skip” Robey retired in October after more than 30 years of service at the Brody School of Medicine, but his lasting legacy will be the medical simulation program...

Kim Briley and six of her family members smile and pose with her framed Order of the Long Leaf Pine award outside the Brody Medical Sciences Building.
Oct 15, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU Order of the Long Leaf Pine award recipients

Retired East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine researcher Kimberly Briley and ECU audiology program alumnus Dr. Johnnie Sexton received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in September. The...

Kim Briley and six of her family members smile and pose with her framed Order of the Long Leaf Pine award outside the Brody Medical Sciences Building.
Oct 15, 2024
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU medical school researcher named to Order of the Long Leaf Pine

Kimberly Briley spent 35 years serving the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University — and has never been able to see herself anywhere else. Briley, who retired in...