Health Sciences Archives

Mar 20, 2012
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Annual Hamstring Hustle set for March 31

The 18th Annual Hamstring Hustle 5K Run/Walk to benefit the ECU Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center will begin at 9 a.m. March 31 on Red Banks Road in...

Mar 15, 2012
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Kolasa appointed to global forum

East Carolina University professor and dietitian Dr. Kathryn Kolasa has been appointed to the Institute of Medicine's Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education. Kolasa will represent the Academy...

Mar 13, 2012
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ECU faculty guest edit issue of occupational therapy journal

Dr. Jane Painter, professor, and Dr. Sharon Elliott, adjunct faculty, were guest editors and coordinators of the Special Issue on Occupational Therapy Opportunities in Fall Prevention in the March-April American...

Feb 27, 2012
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Chitwood receives recognition for worldwide influence

Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., a cardiovascular surgeon at East Carolina University, has been inducted as an honorary member in the German Society for Thoracic, Heart and Vascular Surgery. Chitwood,...

Feb 24, 2012
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Allied health’s role in health care reform focus of article

An article by College of Allied Health Sciences dean Dr. Stephen W. Thomas with co-editors Dr. Lee McLean, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Alisa Debnam, Council for Allied Health in N.C., "The...

Feb 03, 2012
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Health Sciences debuts ECU Health Beat

East Carolina University Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Dr. Phyllis N. Horns has announced the launch of a new blog called ECU Health Beat. According to Horns' initial post, the...

Feb 01, 2012
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Student work highlighted in IMpact newsletter

A cancer research abstract by David Milbourn, a third-year medical student at ECU, is highlighted in the December issue of IMpact, the American College of Physicians internal medical newsletter for...

Jan 24, 2012
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ECU dental students participate in Missions of Mercy

Jan 12, 2012
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College of Nursing welcomes new students with Lamp of Learning ceremony

Jan 03, 2012
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Family medicine professor publishes articles, guidebook

Publications by Dr. Kathryn Kolasa in the Department of Family Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University include the following: With G.C. Firnhaber, "13 Tips for...