Health Sciences Archives

Apr 08, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Child life specialists treat childhood fears, grow resilient humans

Thursday mornings at the Brody Outpatient Clinic’s pediatric hematology-oncology practice is given over to children with sickle cell disease, a congenital condition that limits aerobic activity and can be painful...

A woman in a red shirt and black coat sits in a lab with test tubes and gloves
Apr 08, 2025
  • Shelby Hudnall

Faculty: Dr. Morgan Milton

As the temperatures rise, Dr. Morgan Milton’s research on Vibrio bacteria highlights the growing risks and why we should remain vigilant during the warmer months. At East Carolina University’s Brody...

Young woman with hand on her side posing in front of a body of water and trees. A bench is visible in the background.
Apr 04, 2025
  • Alondra Martinez

Student: Riley Bessetti

From an early age, Riley Bessetti was drawn to science. Now a fifth-year doctoral candidate in East Carolina University’s Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Brody School of...

A female M4 student with tan skin and light hair cries with excitement of finding out where she matched, surrounded by family.
Mar 24, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Bobby Ampezzan
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
  • Spaine Stephens

Match Day 2025

Across the nation, medical students learned Friday where they will spend the next several years completing their residencies, the postgraduate training program for recent medical school graduates to gain specialized...

Mar 10, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

National Academy of Sciences member shares genetics research, hope that assisted reproduction can be safer.

To Dr. Marisa Bartolomei, the investment East Carolina University has made in research is impressive. Last month, the university was granted R1 status by the American Council on Education and...

A physical therapy student encourages a HABIT camp participant during a race in the Health Sciences Student Center gym in December.
Mar 10, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Innovative study shows therapy’s lasting impact on children’s hand function

Sometimes rigorous scientific research and therapeutic treatment comes in the form of a ninja warrior course. Natalie McBryde graduated from East Carolina University in May 2024 with a degree in...

Two women, dressed in purple scrubs, hold the side of a cake beneath the face of a man seated between them.
Mar 07, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Donor support burns brightly during Pirate Nation Gives

More than 2,300 alumni, friends and students took the cake to support East Carolina University during Pirate Nation Gives on March 5. Gifts came from far away and right in...

Mar 04, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU set to celebrate ninth day of giving Wednesday

Students on the East Carolina University Club Volleyball team intend to compete in nationals this year in Phoenix, Arizona. They are counting on donations and bonus money earned during Pirate...

Mar 03, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Pirate Nation Gives offers many ways to support university

Scan the code and give to an area of East Carolina University that is important to you. Using the QR code embedded on signs around campus and seen in this...

A student pauses in mask and scrub cap as another provider continues working on a patient in a dental suite.
Feb 26, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Dental school’s annual Sonríe Clinic brings smiles to Hispanic community

Language barriers highlight the obstacles in the way of human connections — but a smile is universal. East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine students, residents, faculty, staff, undergraduate student...