PARKINSON’S PILOT
One of the ironies of Parkinson’s disease, which is marked by an increasing inability for sufferers to control their movements, is that movement helps to stave off the disease’s progression....
Health Sciences Archives
Brody chapter of Gold Humanism Honor Society inducts new members
The East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) recently inducted 12 new members. Fourth-year medical students Gary Allen, Mona Amin, Kari Beasley,...
Privette meeting room a venue for exchanging ideas, positive interactions
Doug Privette ’72 came to East Carolina University in 1968 with a suitcase and a plan to focus exclusively on academics. He found friends and his life’s purpose in ECU’s...
ECU 2022: YEAR IN REVIEW
If one word sums up Pirate Nation in 2022, it's "renewal." Pirates returned to campus with a rejuvenated sense of hope in response to COVID-19. Chancellor Philip Rogers was officially...
AUDACITY TO ASPIRE
Nearly 2,000 East Carolina University graduates turned their tassels in Minges Coliseum on Friday, celebrating fall commencement 2022 along with their families, friends, and university faculty, staff and administrators. Chancellor...
Nursing researcher breaks communication barriers with HIV-positive women
One thread that East Carolina University health sciences researchers keep pulling at to unravel the heavy burden of chronic disease in eastern North Carolina is disconnectedness. Many of the people...
INNOVATIVE HEALTH CARE
The East Carolina University-led North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-SteP) has won the 2022 Innovation Award for technology from North Carolina’s i2i Center for Integrative Health. The award celebrates innovation...
GRAD PROFILES FALL 22: PIRATE RESILIENCY
Resiliency is a common theme for many students that make up Pirate Nation. Hard work and dedication are in their DNA and you’ll often find Pirates lending a helping hand...
PIRATE SURVIVOR
STATISTICS Name: Abby Coderre College: College of Nursing Major: Nursing Age: 22 Classification/Year: Senior Hometown: Wilmington, North Carolina Hobbies/interests: Going to Pure Barre to workout, watching movies, and painting Clubs...
Waldrum to chair Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems for AAMC
Michael Waldrum, dean of East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and CEO of ECU Health, assumed the role as chair of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems...