Medical Archives

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...

Jun 22, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

NC-STeP sites selected to provide mental health services for children

Six pediatric primary care sites have been selected to provide mental health services for children and adolescents in North Carolina as part of the expansion of the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry...

Jun 14, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU medical, dental students selected as NC Schweitzer Fellows

Eight East Carolina University medical and dental students have been named to the 2023-24 class of the North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (NCASF) program. Two students from the School of...

Espen Spangenburg, left, and a student work in the Spangenburg Lab at East Carolina University’s East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute.
Jun 07, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY

Researchers at East Carolina University have discovered that a muscle in the foot appears fundamentally different from other muscles because of how it behaves without oxygen. Their inquiry is just...

Wanda Lancaster, concentration director of East Carolina University's Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, lectures nursing students. The PMHNP program trains health care professionals to evaluate and treat mental health conditions.
May 30, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

PSYCHIATRIC CARE

Recent reports suggest that the nation’s mental health is suffering even greater post-pandemic, with adults reporting record rates of depression and anxiety, and young adults reporting significant behavioral health disorders....

May 23, 2023
  • Meaghan Skelly

Brody’s Continuing Medical Education Program receives Accreditation with Commendation

The quality of health care and continuing medical education in eastern North Carolina continues to improve as the Brody School of Medicine's Continuing Medical Education (CME) program has been awarded...

May 18, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU family medicine founder, educator leaves legacy

James G. “Jim” Jones, founding chair of the Department of Family Medicine in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, has died. He was 88. Jones had a...

May 16, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Brody Brothers Endowment provides bridge to future funding

Researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine aim to discover prevention and treatment protocols for many prevalent diseases which represent significant health challenges among the population of eastern North...

Current and past Brody Scholars gathered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Brody Scholars program.
May 12, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

LEGACY OF SCHOLARS

If not for the Brody Scholars Program Brandon Garcia, Grant O’Brien and Kayla Mayes may have become a leading magician, math teacher and real estate developer. Instead, all three graduated...