Health Sciences Archives

Jun 13, 2024
  • Doug Boyd

Construction heats up on campus this summer

This summer, heavy equipment will be laying down steaming hot asphalt around campus, but new chilled water pipes will soon be delivering cool, crisp air if you need to duck...

NC-STeP
Jun 10, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

NC-STeP-Peds expands access to mental health care for children

Youth across the state now have better access to mental health services as part of the expansion of the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP), an initiative of East Carolina...

Dr. Nathan Hudson, center, explores the exciting fields of molecular biophysics and biomedical physics with undergraduate and graduate students in his research lab. (Contributed photo)
Jun 10, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU students and faculty work to explain blood clot formation and disease

East Carolina University’s Dr. Nathan Hudson is leading research to better understand how blood clots form, what impacts degradation of clots and new ways to attack them to help improve...

Jun 06, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Cancer researcher advances to NCBiotech Venture Challenge finals

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center, a partner of East Carolina University, held its second regional NC Biotech Venture Challenge on May 23. The semifinal pitch competition with teams representing North...

Jun 04, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU nursing grad named national Clinical Nurse Specialist of the Year

Pamela Moss, an East Carolina University double alumna, has earned a distinct honor: being named the 2024 Clinical Nurse Specialist of the Year by the National Association of Clinical Nurse...

Two-time ECU alumna Dr. Jordan Griffin returned to the Physician Assistant program as a faculty member to help educate future generations of health care providers. (Photos by Steven Mantilla)
May 31, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Faculty: Dr. Jordan Griffin

Dr. Jordan Griffin, a Physician Assistant clinical assistant professor at the College of Allied Health Sciences, is from Macclesfield, North Carolina, in “the tiniest little part of Edgecombe County.” The...

Rose Baker, a second year PhD student in the Rehabilitation Studies program at the College of Allied Health Sciences, is studying how people communicate with older adults. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
May 31, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Student: Rose Baker

Sometimes finding your purpose, and your way to a home you couldn’t have planned for, takes some time. For Rose Baker, a doctoral student in East Carolina University’s College of...

May 30, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Study pairs nursing students with horses to address stress and burnout

East Carolina University College of Nursing students enrolled in third-semester psychiatric and mental health coursework this spring were presented with a unique opportunity: participate in a study on nursing student...

May 23, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU researcher approved for NCInnovation funding for promising melanoma treatment

NCInnovation NCInnovation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation focused on supporting North Carolina public university research that has commercial promise. NCInnovation deploys funding, mentors and support services so that university proofs-of-concept...

May 22, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Healthier Lives initiative delivers training, addresses needs

Health care providers of East Carolina University’s Healthier Lives initiative in the Brody School of Medicine continue to use the program to address health care needs for children in rural...