Medical Archives

May 15, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Doctor of Public Health student awarded international fellowship

The National Security Education Program (NSEP) recently awarded Keziah Illidge a David L. Boren Fellowship to study in Ghana, West Africa. Illidge, a student in ECU’s Doctor of Public Health...

May 14, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Medical student creates coronavirus coloring book

Emily Kragel has a way of weaving art into her approach to the world—from everyday life to her medical education. The fourth-year Brody School of Medicine student has teamed up...

May 13, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Brody student helps translate COVID-19 information for patients nationwide

In a nod to the spirit of the “Brody family”—a concept of closeness and commitment to service that bonds those in East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine—one student is...

May 01, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

COMMUNITY ADVOCATE

Visit our YouTube channel for the closed-captioned version of this video. Serena Mooney leverages her passion for overlooked communities and advocacy as a future health care professional to shape her...

Apr 30, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

VIRTUAL COOKING CLASS

A popular class on weight management and diabetes prevention shifted from in-person to online because of the COVID-19 pandemic—but thanks to community partnerships, participants still reaped the fruits of the...

Apr 29, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

HELPING THE HELPERS

Update 5/21/20:  Communities throughout North Carolina continue to support health care providers in Greenville through generous donations of personal protective equipment. The Chinese-American community in Greenville recently donated 10,000 additional...

Apr 27, 2020
  • Janiya Winchester
  • Rob Spahr

SUPER SPONGE

Dr. John Cavanagh was sitting in a collaborator’s office at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration location in Charleston, S.C., in 2002 when a picture came onto a computer screen...

Apr 23, 2020
  • Natalie Sayewich

PREVENTING COVID-19 BURNOUT

As we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors, nurses and other health care providers are being faced with unprecedented challenges, including shortages of staff and equipment needed to provide care to...

Apr 21, 2020
  • Erin Ward

‘WE ARE FIGHTING’

East Carolina University doctors, nurses and health care workers near and far are risking their lives to serve others during the coronavirus pandemic. From a nursing student working long shifts...

Apr 16, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

COVID-19 & KIDS

As the days add up during the “stay at home” orders in North Carolina as part of safeguards against COVID-19, many children are becoming more restless and fearful. They may...