LET’S GET PHYSICAL
A student in the Brody School of Medicine and a pediatric resident at ECU Health have published their research on physical activity in adolescents attending rural schools. Their findings suggest...
Medical Archives
Sickle cell disease conference brings patients, providers together to learn, advocate
The inaugural Tate Holbrook Annual Sickle Cell Disease Update brought patients, providers and experts together Sept. 30 at the East Carolina Heart Institute to share information on history, treatments, impact...
STUDENT AUTHORSHIP
When Dr. Kelsey Fisher-Wellman began teaching students in his biochemistry lab at the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine he knew two things — he needed to be productive...
HEALTH PROMOTION GRANT
An East Carolina University and Fayetteville State University partnership has secured more than $1.3 million in grant funding from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation to address regional public health needs....
ECU graduate wants to solve the mysteries of migraine headaches
It might start with an aura — a scintillating scotoma of zigzag lines, opaque circles, rings of colors. You might turn or blink, but it just gets worse. Then the...
Brody researchers show you are what your ancestors ate
Parental diet and physical activity levels are critical factors in the prevalence of obesity and metabolic disorders such as diabetes not only among their offspring but also their children’s children...
THE BRODY DIFFERENCE
For nearly a half century, the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has been fulfilling its three-fold promise to North Carolina to increase the number of primary care...
HOMETOWN CARE
Dr. Stephen Manning began his education at East Carolina University as an undergraduate after he and his high school sweetheart — now wife — chose to attend ECU together over...
ANSWERING THE CALL
Holly Stegall spent most of her life living in rural Anson County, North Carolina. After matriculating through the local public school system from elementary school through high school, the Polkton native then...
PIONEERING SURGEON
For as long as she can remember, Hannah Woriax wanted to be a doctor and a scientist. Some of the Pembroke native’s earliest memories were scooting around her grandfather’s Robeson...