Health Sciences Archives

Apr 09, 2024
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU health sciences students named to newest cohort of N.C. Schweitzer Fellows

Nine East Carolina University Health Sciences students — three in the School of Dental Medicine and six in the Brody School of Medicine — have been named to the 2024-25...

Apr 05, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Felicia Branch

Felicia Branch, a Brody School of Medicine student, has seen the impact that representation and diversity have on patient experiences. Before entering medical school, Branch worked as a technologist in...

Apr 02, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Nursing professors honored as Fellows of their professional organizations

Two of the East Carolina University College of Nursing’s most seasoned nurses and professors have recently been recognized as fellows of their professional organizations, honors that recognize their excellence as...

Mar 27, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. John Cavanagh

Dr. John Cavanagh didn’t come to science and medicine naturally. “It was a complete fluke,” said Cavanagh, professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the...

Connor Haycox will be completing a family medicine residency at ECU Health, joining his wife, Dr. Natalie Malpass, a 2022 Brody graduate who is also completing a family medicine residency. (Photos by ECU Photos)
Mar 18, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
  • Spaine Stephens

MATCH DAY 2024

In a ceremony more festive than formal, fourth-year medical students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University learned March 15 where they will spend the next three...

From left to right, Dr. Paul Cook, Dr. David Tulis, Dr. Amanda Higginson, Dr. Sheena Eagan, Dr. Emily Askew and Dr. Jacques Robidoux were recognized by the ECU Brody School of Medicine as the 2024 Master Educator Award winners. Not pictured: Dr. Justin Edwards (Contributed photo)
Mar 12, 2024
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU medical school faculty named master educators

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has named seven medical educators as the 2024 recipients of its Master Educator Awards. The Master Educator Program is designed to recognize excellence...

Mar 06, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

LEVERAGING TELENOVELAS FOR HEALTH EDUCATION

When she was completing her nursing doctoral education at the University of Miami, Dr. Madeline Fernandez got thrown for a loop – she was enlisted to help produce a Spanish-language...

Mar 06, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Health Care Outreach

Like many health professionals who treated patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, Drs. Paul Bolin and Paul Shackleford started to draw conclusions about who was most at risk of dying from...

from left to right Noor Baloch, Nolan Davis, Michael Denning, Charles Johnson, Hannah Rayala, Emmalee Todd, Ben Wise and Michael Wright will join students from other colleges and universities across the state in the North Carolina Medical Society Kanof Institute of Physician Leadership’s 2024 Future Clinician Leaders College (FCLC).
Feb 28, 2024
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU medical students selected for NC Medical Society leadership program

Eight students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have been named to the North Carolina Medical Society Kanof Institute of Physician Leadership’s 2024 Future Clinician Leaders...

Feb 27, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

ECU celebrates historic Pursue Gold campaign

More than 30,000 donors answered the call to support East Carolina University and propelled the Pursue Gold campaign to a historic $526.9 million fundraising record. “The ECU community has demonstrated...