Health Sciences Archives

ECU Students awarded the Rivers Foreign Exchange Scholarship stand with Provost Robin Coger and Dr. Jon Rezek.
Nov 10, 2022
  • Jamie Smith

INTERNATIONAL GROWTH

To help kick off International Education Week, East Carolina University recognized faculty, staff and students for their outstanding work in pursuing international opportunities during its International Awards Ceremony. “As you...

Dr. Leigh Atherton, College of Allied Health Sciences associate professor, leads Engage Eastern North Carolina with assistance from doctoral student Sara Coltrain.
Nov 09, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

RECOVERY GRANT

Dr. Leigh Atherton, an associate professor in East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences, has a simple-sounding proposition — engage individuals who are being tested for HIV to gauge...

Nov 09, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU Allied Health students awarded prestigious national scholarships

The East Carolina University College of Allied Health Sciences is famous for its selectiveness — last year about 600 potential students applied for just 36 spots in the school’s physician’s...

Nov 08, 2022
  • ECU Advancement

ECU School of Dental Medicine awarded Delta Dental Foundation grants

Thanks to two generous grants from the Delta Dental Foundation, the ECU School of Dental Medicine will continue its efforts of providing transformational care to rural and underserved communities across...

Nov 04, 2022
  • ECU News Services

INVESTING IN STUDENTS

East Carolina University’s Board of Trustees on Friday approved the site of a new medical education building on the health sciences campus. Trustees also approved an increase in tuition for...

Nov 04, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU, ECU Health provide school children glimpse of possible health care careers

Seventy-five middle and high school students from communities in 15 eastern North Carolina counties spent their Saturday getting a first-hand understanding of what careers are available in the health care...

Bradly Boaz, from left, and Krysta Byrd were recognized for their efforts to help Blake Solomonson during a medical emergency. Solomonson and his parents, Becky and Rich Belthoff, attended a recognition ceremony for Boaz and Byrd at ECU’s Main Campus Student Center.
Oct 28, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

PIRATE HEROES

When they found a fellow student in cardiac arrest, East Carolina University students Krysta Byrd and Bradly Boaz stepped in to help, and their actions helped save a life. The...

Oct 27, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU research study aims to unravel secrets of human gene expression

A pair of researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have received $280,000 in funding from Janssen Pharmaceuticals to study the way that genes are expressed in humans,...

David Murray, from left, Arvind Mallikarjunan, Valentine Okafor and Vaishnavi Siripurapu — all North Carolina residents — have been chosen for the Class of 2026 Brody Scholar and Brody Fellow award, valued at approximately $118,000.
Oct 26, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

BRODY SCHOLARS

Four students at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious medical scholarship. David Murray, Valentine Okafor, Arvind Mallikarjunan and Vaishnavi Siripurapu — all...

Oct 25, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

Albernaz Lecture speakers encourage medical students to embrace storytelling

The noon-time crowd that filed into the East Carolina Heart Institute Oct. 24 was fairly typical, headed to a catered luncheon to listen to a speaker talk about something related...