Health Sciences Archives

May 21, 2014
  • ECU News Services

ECU pediatrician certified as physician executive

By Amy Ellis ECU News Services Dr. John M. Olsson, division chief for general pediatrics at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, was recently named a certified physician executive...

May 08, 2014
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Saeed interviewed on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’

Dr. Sy Saeed, chairman of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine, was interviewed on NPR’s “All Things Considered” May 7 regarding the effectiveness of telepsychiatry...

May 08, 2014
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Nursing student group named ECU Outstanding Organization of the Year

By Elizabeth Willy College of Nursing The East Carolina Association of Nursing Students was honored as ECU's Organization of the Year at the Student Activities and Organizations banquet May 4....

Apr 24, 2014
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Society honors humanism, professionalism in medicine

The 2015 inductees to the Gold Humanism Honor Society at ECU were honored in a ceremony April 21 at Ironwood Golf and Country Club. The society honors medical students, residents,...

Apr 14, 2014
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ECU medical students advocate for healthcare system change on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON - Two fourth-year ECU medical students attended the Family Medicine Congressional Conference held April 7- 8 in Washington, D.C.  More than 200 physicians attended the meeting. Sponsored by the...

Apr 01, 2014
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Departing Brody students offer annual ‘Day of Service’

Before learning where they’d be placed for medical residency, 80 students from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine spent a Day of Service giving back to the place they’ve called home...

Mar 26, 2014
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Pirate Nurse 5K benefits scholarships, senior class gift

The second annual Pirate Nurse 5K will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 29 beginning at the East Carolina University Health Sciences Building at 2100 W. Fifth St. in...

Mar 26, 2014
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Annual Hamstring Hustle 5K to be April 5

For the 20th year, runners and walkers may lace up their sneakers and pound the pavement in the Hamstring Hustle 5K Run/Walk. The race starts at 9 a.m. at ECU...

Mar 26, 2014
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College of Nursing honors 2014 Hall of Fame inductees

The East Carolina University College of Nursing inducted nine members to its Hall of Fame during a ceremony held at Rock Springs Center March 7. The event, which also recognized...

Mar 19, 2014
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ECU nursing professor named AANP fellow

Bobby Lowery, assistant professor and director of the East Carolina University College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, has been selected as a 2014 fellow of the American Association...