Medical Archives

May 02, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

Graduate profile: Michael Denning Jr.

Michael Denning Jr. halfway jokes that he has two goals when he moves north this summer: lose his Southern accent and drop some pounds. On May 3, Denning – an...

A four-year letterman on the Pirate basketball team, Justice Obasohan will attend the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for a program this summer as he continues his pursuits of a career in health care.
May 02, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Graduate profile: Justice Obasohan

Justice Obasohan came to ECU for two reasons: academics and athletic opportunities, with dreams of playing Division I basketball and becoming a physician. A four-year letterman on the Pirate basketball...

Apr 25, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Schweitzer Fellows improve health care, quality of life

When Jiwon Lim decided to study dental medicine, part of her decision hinged on her desire to help others and change lives. After her experience as a 2018-19 Albert Schweitzer...

Apr 23, 2019
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

COMBATTING FOOD INSECURITY

Throughout their time at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, medical students work with a variety of organizations to serve the community. Before they graduate and head to residency programs across...

East Carolina University professor Xin Hu shares his cell imaging research with attendees at the biomaterials research cluster launch event held at Research and Creative Achievement Week. The new cluster focuses on engineered materials that can be used for joint replacements, heart valves, surgical sutures or ligament replacements, among others.
Apr 18, 2019
  • Matt Smith

NEW RESEARCH CLUSTER

Researchers are putting a focus on biomaterials with the launch of East Carolina University’s newest research cluster. On April 5, the university launched its biomaterials research cluster as part of...

Apr 09, 2019
  • Spaine Stephens

PATIENTS TEACH STUDENTS

In the mind and heart of 92-year-old Claudine Humphrey, age is nothing but a number. While that generational debate rages on, what’s set in stone is the bond Humphrey built...

Ruba Raza gets her hair cut by Stephani Funez during the 2019 Pirates Vs. Cancer event in the Health Science Campus student center.
Apr 08, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

Stefani Funez spends most of her days trying to entertain herself in a hospital room. This has been the case for the 15-year-old Duplin County resident since she was diagnosed...

Apr 08, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Brody chapter of Gold Humanism Honor Society inducts new members

The East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) recently inducted nine new members. Third-year medical students Ryan Accomazzo, Matthew Drake, Kelsey Evans,...

Apr 02, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Agricultural health, safety issues addressed during collaborative N.C. symposium

Agromedicine experts from around the country descended on the Research Triangle on March 27 to discuss issues facing agricultural industry workers and their families. The 2019 North Carolina Agricultural Health...

Shayna Mooney reacts after learning she will complete her internal medicine residency at Carlilion Clinic-Virginia Tech School of Medicine.
Mar 15, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

MATCH DAY 2019

Fourth-year medical students gathered in the auditorium of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine on Friday – surrounded by their peers, professors and family members – to open letters telling them...