Health Sciences Archives

Aug 12, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU leads blood pressure clinical trial using home monitoring, team approach

Researchers at East Carolina University will lead a five-year randomized clinical trial aimed at improving blood pressure control in rural and urban patients using targeted home-based monitoring and telehealth and...

Aug 08, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

Nursing dean selected as American Academy of Nursing fellow

Dr. Bim Akintade, the new dean of East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, will be inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, recognized by the nursing community...

Aug 05, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Brody School of Medicine researchers advancing brain health knowledge

Two researchers at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have been selected as the 2022 recipients of the Wooten Family Initiative for Brain Health Research Grant. Dr. Alessandro Didonna,...

Dr. Jeffrey Eells, Brody School of Medicine associate professor of anatomy and cell biology, led a study on the relationship between COVID-19 exposure and the likelihood of development of Parkinson’s disease.
Aug 04, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

COVID-PARKINSON’S LINK

A team of scientists, led by researchers from East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, have identified another problem stemming from COVID-19 infections — the potential for greater risk of...

First-year medical student Haris Shehzad receives his white coat during The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University’s annual White Coat Ceremony on July 29.
Jul 29, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

2022 WHITE COAT CEREMONY

Excitement resonated from East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus on Friday morning as the Brody School of Medicine officially welcomed 86 new medical students  — all North Carolina residents  —...

Jul 28, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU School of Dental Medicine awards first endowed professorship

Dr. Michael Webb was named the inaugural recipient of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Dentistry during a July 21...

Jul 26, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

Lumbee Tribe STEM students visit ECU

High school students from North Carolina’s largest state-recognized Indian tribe — and who have particular interest in science, technology, engineering and math fields — visited East Carolina University’s Health Sciences...

ECU occupational therapy students practice guiding patients through life tasks in the College of Allied Health’s simulated apartment, where students use hands-on approaches to learn occupational therapy skills.
Jul 26, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

DOCTOR OF OT

East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences is set to offer a doctoral degree program in occupational therapy — the first at any public university in the state. “As...

Jul 22, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

Brody School of Medicine dean named to AAMC’s Board of Directors

Dr. Michael Waldrum, dean of East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and chief executive officer of ECU Health, has been named to the board of directors of the Association...

Jul 21, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU Speech and Audiology Student Association earns gold honors from national association

East Carolina University College of Allied Health Sciences students studying speech-language pathology and audiology who comprise the East Carolina chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) have...