Health Sciences Archives

Jun 18, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Nitary Gomez Burgos

Major: Nursing Hometown: Raeford, originating from Puerto Rico Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU due to its...

Jun 18, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Jalyn Edmundson

Major: Nursing Hometown: Middlesex Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU because they had one of the best...

Jun 17, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Grant expands dental school’s program for oral health care to pre-K, Head Start

Mallory Jones held out her arms as her 6-year-old daughter bounced through the door of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Pediatric Clinic. Jones smiled as her daughter,...

hree women, who are Brody Scholars, stand side by side on the grounds in front of the Brody School of Medicine.
Jun 12, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Brody Scholars share commitment to service

Since the Brody Scholars program began in 1983, 163 medical students have received the university’s most prestigious medical scholarship to attend East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine. The newest recipients...

Jun 12, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Kamryn Henderson hopes to provide belonging in medical spaces

Being injured or sick is often a very vulnerable moment for a patient. Those are the moments Kamryn Henderson sees herself being the best physician, one who can ensure patients...

Jun 12, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Hailey Lewis is preparing to be a physician leader

Hailey Lewis is preparing to be a medical leader ready to face complex situations and critical decisions of patient care. "I want to become a physician because I’m drawn to...

A man and woman pose outside of a brick building in the mid-day sun.
Jun 10, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Pirate nurse leads high-tech neonatal pain research

A Pirate nurse has traveled far from her North Carolina home to learn the skills needed to relieve the pain felt by the smallest patients entrusted to a nurse’s care....

A female student with brown hair is standing in a library, smiling while holding an open green book.
Jun 09, 2025
  • Emily Winslow

Student: Emily Harouni

Emily Harouni, a third-year student in the College of Allied Health Sciences, wanted to make a difference in the health care world, but not in the way she had originally...

Soldiers in camouflage uniform speak with men and women in a gymnasium
Jun 04, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU’s interdisciplinary approach enhances ROTC cadet wellness

On an unseasonably brisk April morning, a dozen or so students in a calliope of East Carolina sweatshirts and winter coats shivered against the cold, laughing and watching as a...

woman in a patterned top stands outside in the morning sun.
Jun 03, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Faculty: Sherri Winslow

Sherri Winslow never had to go too far from home to change the world. Her family — she was raised in a farming community near Elizabeth City — grew corn,...