Medical Archives

Soumya Kamath studied the role that memory plays in listening comprehension when learning a new language. (Contributed photos)
Oct 24, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

Soumya Kamath, Biology

If not for the COVID-19 pandemic, Soumya Kamath’s college pathway could have looked a lot different. “Due to the pandemic, the majority of wet labs across East Carolina University’s campus...

Dr. Doyle “Skip” Cummings received the 2023 Jim Bernstein Community Health Career Achievement Award Oct. 4 at the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation’s annual awards event in Chapel Hill. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Oct 12, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

PUBLIC HEALTH PIONEER

Dr. Doyle “Skip” Cummings radiates a warmth that humanizes his work in public health and breathes life into his passion for making others’ lives better. His visionary spirit guides other...

One benefit of the record sponsored activities funding is the chance for students to participate in faculty-led research projects for hands-on learning. (Photos by News Services)
Oct 11, 2023
  • Kim Tilghman

FUNDING FOR PROGRESS

Breaking Down the Numbers Of the $85.6M: Brody School of Medicine secured the top amount at $29.7M, followed by the College of Health and Human Performance at $13.6M $18M funded...

Sep 21, 2023
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU physiology professor wins inaugural award for service from national organization

Dr. Robert Carroll, professor of physiology in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, was awarded the American Physiological Society’s (APS) inaugural Presidential Outstanding Service Award during the...

Members of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol practice CPR at the Brody School of Medicine’s simulation center Aug. 23.
Sep 20, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

FIRST RESPONDER SIMULATION

The clinical simulation center at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine is usually peopled with fresh-faced students in scrubs and running shoes with tousled college-kid hair. During the first...

Benjamin Brisard, a second-year Ph.D. student in East Carolina University's Interdisciplinary Program in Biology, Biomedicine and Chemistry program with a concentration in biology, works on fertility research at the Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building.
Aug 30, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

FERTILITY RESEARCH

East Carolina University research scientists, two from the Brody School of Medicine and another from the Department of Biology in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, received nearly $2...

Aug 07, 2023
  • Doug Boyd

ECU renovations, upgrades aimed at elevating learning, research and campus life

The beep-beep of loaders, the rumbles of diesel engines and the whir of power tools have been steady reminders during the summer of construction work going on at East Carolina...

Morgan Milton, left, works with Josh McLaurin in at lab at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine.
Aug 02, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

BACTERIA RESEARCH

The word biofilm is fairly intuitive — a coating made by a living thing. It’s not that simple, though. Not by a long shot. Bacteria make biofilms as a kind...

Monique Howell, a first year medical student in East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine, receives her white coat during the university's annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday.
Jul 28, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
  • Spaine Stephens

WHITE COAT CEREMONY

Lifelong dreams came one step closer to reality for the newest class of students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University as they were officially welcomed during...

Jul 20, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU medical school alumnus details caring for patients in underserved, rural areas

A 2008 alumnus of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and current ECU Health physician detailed his experiences as a doctor in rural and underserved eastern North...