Medical Archives

Mar 22, 2018

Dean emeritus receives medal for contributions to medical profession

Dr. Paul Cunningham, dean emeritus of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, was recently honored in New York City for his contributions to the medical profession and...

Dr. Phil Boyer speaks to the Brody School of Medicine Class of 2018.
Mar 19, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

STRING OF PEARLS

Each year, on the eve of finding out where they matched for their residency training, graduating medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine select a group of their professors...

Third-year medical student Shannon Osborne collects items for a new food pantry at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine.
Mar 08, 2018
  • Angela Todd
  • ECU News Services

FOOD PANTRY AT BRODY

A new medical food pantry at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine aims to improve the health of patients in the region who lack access to adequate amounts of healthy food....

Mar 07, 2018
  • ECU News Services
  • Rob Spahr

BETTER HEALTH DATA, FOR LESS

A regional program that will provide not-for-profit hospitals and county health departments in eastern North Carolina with better health data at a lower cost officially kicked off Tuesday. Approximately 100...

Mar 06, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

FUNDING FOR RESEARCH OF RARE DISEASE

Researchers at East Carolina University have received more than $840,000 in grant funding since June to continue their studies of a rare disease that can lead to a fatal form...

Mar 02, 2018

Kickoff event set for regional program to provide better health data at lower cost

Representatives for dozens of not-for-profit hospitals and county health departments will be on hand March 6 for the kickoff of a regional program aiming to provide its participants with better...

Research by Dr. Jitka Virag, an associate professor in the Department of Physiology at the Brody School of Medicine at ECU.
Feb 27, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

STAT MADNESS

Imagine that someone suffering from a heart attack could have their life saved by the administration of a protein instead of having to undergo a stent placement or heart transplant...

Photography by Rhett Butler
Feb 21, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Ebone Evans

Ebone Evans of Durham is a third-year student in the Brody School of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate degree from Winston-Salem State University, majoring in biology. During her time there,...

Dr. Mark Stacy awarded $2.6 million in funding for faculty-generated initiatives from the start-up package he received when he became the dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 21, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BUILDING A BETTER BRODY

When Dr. Mark Stacy was interviewing to be the next dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, he got the sense that it was an institution that had learned to...

Feb 19, 2018

Dr. Jennifer Arnold of ‘The Little Couple’ encourages ECU students to think big

The star of TLC Network’s, “The Little Couple,” Dr. Jennifer Arnold, was the keynote speaker for East Carolina University’s 2018 North Carolina Civility summit on Saturday, Feb. 17. She encouraged...