Health Sciences Archives

A volunteer cuts hair at ECU's Pirates Vs. Cancer event.
Apr 12, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER 2022

After being limited by the COVID-19 pandemic for the last two years, one of the most popular and successful fundraisers on East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus returned to full...

Dr. Lauren Sastre helps explain healthy food options to Fresh Start program participants in Elizabeth City.
Apr 08, 2022
  • Natalie Sayewich
  • Rob Spahr

FRESH START

A van towing a trailer pulls in front of a church in Elizabeth City, an eastern North Carolina community challenged by health disparities, limited access to health care providers, and...

Apr 08, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

ECU, UNC Pembroke team up to serve students

Deans and administrators from East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke met Thursday at the ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center to ink an agreement that...

Apr 08, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

Deans from across the South tour ECU’s Health Sciences Campus

More than a dozen deans from colleges and universities across the South descended on East Carolina University’s Health Science Campus last week as ECU’s College of Allied Health Sciences hosted...

Apr 07, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

ECU researcher lands licensing agreement for patent to treat Restless Legs Syndrome

Dr. Stefan Clemens, a professor in the Brody School of Medicine’s Department of Physiology, credits his discovery of a potential treatment for restless legs syndrome (RLS) to “a bit of...

An ECU dental student works on a patient.
Apr 05, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

CELEBRATING SOCIAL MISSION

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine has received a national award for its advances in social mission — from addressing the oral health care gap in rural North...

Dr. Shaundreal Jamison posts for a portrait photo
Apr 04, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Shaundreal Jamison

The railroad tracks split the town of Cordova, S.C., the primary school to the east and Ebenezer Baptist Church to the west, just past the flashing caution lights. About 200...

Apr 01, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

Brody’s interprofessional clinical simulation program earns full accreditation

One of the most modern and engaging medical education programs at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine has received full accreditation from an international organization that advocates for best...

Mar 31, 2022
  • Ken Buday

AROUND THE WORLD

Cory Page came to ECU with credits from four colleges and experience as a hospital corpsman and paramedic after 8 1/2 years in the Navy. He said he found his...

Mar 31, 2022
  • Ken Buday

BACK TO SCHOOL

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, self-described handyman Matt Rice mustered little work. He paints houses, repairs appliances and puts down tile, but with COVID concerns, he felt uncomfortable walking into strangers’...