Health Sciences Archives

Jan 22, 2014

ECU sonographer receives national award

Diana McCormick Strickland, a sonographer at East Carolina University, has received the 2014 Distinguished Sonographer Award from the American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine. She is a registered diagnostic cardiac sonographer...

Jan 10, 2014

ECU conducts drill at Pediatric Specialty Clinic

  A lockdown and evacuation drill was held Jan. 10 at ECU’s Pediatric Specialty Care Clinic on Herbert Court. Staff locked down the building and evacuated next door to the...

Dec 11, 2013

Occupational therapy grad students serve in Costa Rica

Four East Carolina University graduate students in the occupational therapy master’s program traveled to San Jose, Costa Rica in August for a medical mission trip. Katie Hopkins, Keli McColl, Brittany...

Dec 06, 2013

ECU surgeon to lead national organization

Dr. Danielle Walsh, a pediatric surgeon at East Carolina University, has been elected president of the Association of Women Surgeons. An associate professor at the Brody School of Medicine at...

Dec 05, 2013

College of Nursing staff, faculty bring cheer to senior adults

  Staff and faculty members from the College of Nursing are bringing cheer to senior adults this holiday season. More than a dozen faculty and staff decorated 13 wreaths and...

Nov 22, 2013

Wells Fargo donates to Camp Hope

Wells Fargo Dealer Services has donated a total of $8,400 to Camp Hope, a summer camp for children with cancer, sickle cell and blood disease, operated by the Brody School...

Nov 15, 2013

Velde named chair of the Council on Engagement and Outreach at APLU

Dr. Beth Velde, director of public service and community relations at East Carolina University, has been named chair of the Council on Engagement and Outreach for the Association of Public...

Nov 13, 2013

College of Nursing launches Pirate Nurse Network at Vidant Medical Center

East Carolina University’s College of Nursing has partnered with Vidant Medical Center to launch its first alumni network in eastern North Carolina. A member-driven support organization, the Pirate Nurse Network...

Oct 31, 2013

Research shown at annual medical meeting

Twenty-one East Carolina University medical students, residents and fellows presented research at the 159th annual meeting of the North Carolina Medical Society. The meeting, held Oct. 25-26 in Raleigh, was...

Oct 07, 2013

Nursing celebrates midwifery program

By Crystal Baity ECU News Services Think again if the word “midwife” conjures up thoughts of home birth and hippies. In fact, 95 percent of births attended by midwives happen...