FUNDING BREAKTHROUGHS
Several East Carolina University medical researchers recently got a funding boost to expand their studies of common health issues, thanks to the Brody Brothers Foundation. This year, the Brody Brothers...
Medical Archives
Brody alumni selected for prestigious teaching award
A pair of Brody alumni recently received a distinguished award for their contributions to teaching and mentoring the next generation of family physicians. Dr. Bryan Bunn ’10 and Dr. Jeremy...
VISIONARY LEADER
East Carolina University has named Dr. Mark Stacy vice chancellor for its Division of Health Sciences, effective January 1, 2019. He has served in the role as interim vice chancellor...
ECU’s Country Doctor Museum celebrates 50th anniversary
East Carolina University’s Country Doctor Museum marked its 50th anniversary in Bailey on Dec. 8 with an event that celebrated the museum’s founders and its future. The museum is the oldest...
DRINKING AND YOUR HEART
Alcohol can have significant negative effects on cardiac function, especially in women, according to the research of Dr. Abdel Abdel-Rahman, vice chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in...
IMPROVING MEDICAL EDUCATION
A handpicked group of the nation’s leading medical schools – of which ECU’s Brody School of Medicine is a founding member – will have extra time to partner on projects...
Brody physician named head of state medical society
Dr. Timothy Reeder, associate professor and executive vice chair for clinical operations in the Department of Emergency Medicine at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, was recently sworn in as president...
DISASTER DRILL
Nursing and medical students rushed toward the yelling and moaning that echoed through the College of Nursing on Saturday morning. When they arrived at the frenzied scene of bodies and...
FAMILY MEDICINE LEADER
No other medical school in North Carolina – and only one other in the nation – has produced a higher percentage of family physicians in the last decade than the...
TRAUMA TRIALS
East Carolina University and Vidant Medical Center have been selected for a national trauma research network for the U.S. Department of Defense. Linking Investigations in Trauma & Emergency Services (LITES)...