Health Sciences Archives

Wrenn Whitfield, from left, Teresa Hupp, Abby Ulffers and Kaylee Warren became best friends during their time at East Carolina University and encouraged each other on their journeys to success.
Apr 27, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

LIFE-CHANGING BOND

In Hollywood, college is pictured as a place where you’ll find yourself and — more importantly — you’ll find your lifelong friends who support and encourage you to be successful....

Kim Larson, left, Ganna Rozumna and Natalia Sira discuss a nursing collaboration project. Larson is the first member of East Carolina University's College of Nursing to receive a Fulbright Scholar award.
Apr 24, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

NURSING FULBRIGHT

Kim Larson, an East Carolina University professor of nursing, learned in February that she would be the first member of the College of Nursing to receive a Fulbright Scholar award,...

Apr 18, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU’s Country Doctor Museum selected for program to increase impact, visibility

Miles from campus in rural Nash County, East Carolina University’s Country Doctor Museum holds keys to eastern North Carolina’s history in health care. The museum has been selected to participate...

Faculty members who received the UNC System Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards stand with Provost Robin Coger, left, and Faculty Chair Anne Ticknor and Chancellor Philip Rogers, right.
Apr 14, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

‘UNWAVERING COMMITMENT’

East Carolina University recognized and celebrated outstanding faculty members during the 2023 University Teaching Awards ceremony Tuesday night in the Murphy Center. “I’m so proud we’re a university that offers...

Apr 11, 2023
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Medical Education Day showcases health professions education research, innovation

Students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University — as well as students from other health sciences disciplines — shared their research and networked with other students...

Apr 10, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

Student: Temilade Aladeniyi

Temilade Aladeniyi is a people person — and she’s using that trait to make a difference in the lives of all those she meets. Aladeniyi, who goes by “Lade,” is...

Apr 10, 2023
  • ECU Health News

Annual Legacy Teachers Celebration honors student-patient relationship

Patient-centered care is a term often used in health care to describe a collaborative relationship between care teams, patients and families. It's the goal of many health care providers —...

Apr 06, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

SONRÍE CREATES SMILES

Ross Hall, home of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, stands on the edge of the Health Sciences Campus as a tangible reminder of the school’s promise to...

Mar 30, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU graduate student delves into the history, composition of historical remedies

An exploration of the ingredients in herbal remedies by East Carolina University students gave participants in a recent lecture series a glimpse at health care and medications from days gone...

Faculty member Alessandro Didonna poses for his Pirate Profile portrait.
Mar 29, 2023
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Alessandro Didonna

Alessandro Didonna learned a valuable lesson when he came to interview for a position at East Carolina University. “We took off, got to Greenville, but because of a storm over...