Portrait honors medical school advocate
PORTRAIT PRESENTED: Dr. Paul Cunningham, dean of the Brody School of Medicine at ECU, Ernest Furgurson III and Jo Aycock, from left, talk about Furgurson and Aycock’s father, the late...
Health Sciences Archives
Grant to fund student oncology group
East Carolina University has been awarded an Oncology Nursing Society Foundation grant that will develop a student oncology interest group to increase awareness of the oncology specialty and explore roles...
Published in Nutrition Today
An article by Family Medicine faculty Dr. Qing Cao and Dr. Kathy Kolasa, "Gut Check, Finding the Effective Dietary Approach," appeared in Nutrition Today. Cao is Assistant Clinical Professor in Family...
Health Services, Information Management faculty published in current journal
Bonita Sasnett Faculty in the Department of Health Services and Information Management in the College of Allied Health Sciences have reported recent publications in the Journal of Health Administration Education...
Mitral valve repair learning curve analysis published
An article by Patrick J. Charland, Evilio Rodriguez, Wiley L. Nifong and Randolph W. Chitwood Jr. (East Carolina Heart Institute) and Tom Robbins (Marketing and Supply Chain Management), "Learning curve...
Students, faculty learn to deal with conflict
The College of Allied Health Sciences Student Leaders Council recently hosted a Lunch and Learn on July 18. The focus of the event was “Dealing with Conflict”. Dr. Stephen Thomas,...
ECU notes death of Evelyn Fike Laupus
Evelyn Fike Laupus died July 15 at Cypress Glen retirement center in Greenville. She was the widow of Dr. William E. Laupus, the first vice chancellor of Health Sciences and...
College of Nursing reports administrative changes
Several administrative changes have been announced within the College of Nursing. Dr. Laura Gantt will assume an expanded role as the Executive Director of College of Nursing Support Services. In...
Nursing faculty recognized with Daisy Award
Four faculty members in the ECU College of Nursing have been recognized as outstanding nurse educators by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Mark Hand, Betty Lease, Becky Bagley...
Work by ECU professor issued patent
Collaborative work that included ECU professor Rachel Roper (Microbiology and Immunology) was issued a US Patent March 1. The patent was for "SARS virus nucleotide and amino acid sequences and...