Health Sciences Archives

Planted field of crops
Jun 08, 2022
  • Doug Boyd

KEEPING FARMWORKERS HEALTHY

Farmworkers encounter numerous toxic substances, whether from synthetic or natural sources. That’s why the Eastern Area Health Education Center is offering a continuing education program titled, “Farm Toxicology for Primary...

Jun 07, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Project designed to support health care for older adults

Helping older adults with their health while allowing them to live independently is the goal of a project led by a multidisciplinary team of researchers at East Carolina University. Called...

Jun 06, 2022
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU Physicians receives national recognition for diabetes care

Thirty-five ECU Physicians clinicians have received national recognition for their exceptional care of patients with diabetes. Sixteen of the 35 are receiving this designation for the third time. ECU Physicians, which...

Jun 02, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ENDOWMENT HONORS BROWN

A scholarship endowment established in honor of Dr. Sylvia Brown, dean of the East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, is already the largest in the college to date — and...

Posed photo of Paul Toriello
Jun 01, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Paul Toriello

Dr. Paul Toriello believes almost dying saved his life. Long before he arrived at East Carolina University’s Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies, Toriello jumped out of a second-story window,...

May 26, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

ECU internal medicine residents win Doctor’s Dilemma competition

A team from the Brody School of Medicine’s Internal Medicine Residency Program won first place and the Osler Cup in the American College of Physicians Doctor’s Dilemma competition. Coached by...

May 23, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU medical, dental students chosen as N.C. Schweitzer Fellows

Four students from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and two students in the ECU School of Dental Medicine have been named to the 2022-23 class of...

J.H. Rose High School senior Carter Lamson works with students at the ECU Community School on a LEGO League program.
May 17, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS

Not long after its founding as a laboratory school in 2017, the ECU Community School changed its name to better reflect its focus on the children and families it serves....

May 16, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

Student: Teresa Hupp

Teresa Hupp wants to follow in her mother’s and grandmother’s footsteps and become a nurse — but she also wants to make her own unique impression on the field. Hupp,...

May 13, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

Aliah Spencer

Aliah Spencer was drawn to East Carolina University partly because of how entrenched ECU is in the Greenville community. She liked the layout of various campus buildings, but what stood...