Medical Archives

Oct 30, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Virtual health disparities roundtable features ECU public health experts

A virtual roundtable hosted by Laupus Library featured three East Carolina University public health experts who presented and answered questions about health disparities in eastern North Carolina. The event, “Virtual...

Oct 29, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

PROTECTING FARMERS

While health care systems around the world were frantically searching for personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line hospital workers during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina...

Oct 16, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU researcher earns $1.8M grant to study brain, immune system links to hypertension

A researcher in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how communication between...

Oct 08, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU Division of Health Sciences faculty, residents and students earn accolades

When it comes to awards and accolades, East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences faculty, staff, residents and students continue to achieve in their fields. Recent honors include grants, organizational...

Oct 08, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

REMARKABLE LEADERS

Six outstanding women were honored for their selfless leadership as Women of Distinction at East Carolina University during a virtual ceremony on Sept. 29. Eboni Baugh, Betsy Tuttle, Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs,...

Sep 30, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Brody School of Medicine researcher receives NIH funding for skeletal muscle research

A faculty researcher with Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a $750,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to further explore the implications of a...

Sep 30, 2020
  • Matt Smith

NOVEL TREATMENT METHOD

An East Carolina University faculty member’s latest patent may change the way Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is treated, leading to more effective care over a longer period of time for...

Sep 29, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

DRIVE-THRU FLU SHOTS

ECU Physicians, the physician practice of the Brody School of Medicine, is offering guidance and safeguarding during this year’s flu season. The practice is offering a drive-thru flu vaccine clinic...

Sep 24, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

MENTAL HEALTH EXPANSION

An East Carolina University team in the Brody School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine has received a $1.2 million federal grant to expand telehealth-based mental health services...

Sep 17, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

NC Agromedicine Institute official earns top agricultural safety award

LaMar Grafft, associate director of the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute, has been awarded the 2020 Maynard Coe Professional Achievement Award from the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH)....