From crisis to celebration of a healthy baby
After Molly Tripp returned home from ECU Health with her thriving and healthy baby, she was an advocate as much as anyone for the East Carolina University active moms studies...
Health Sciences Archives
Pirates, Peruvians build lasting connection
It was easy for Angel Castañeda Vargas, a student at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (Peruvian University of Applied Sciences), to summarize how he felt on East Carolina University’s campus...
ECU dental school hosts potential students for intensive introduction to dentistry
While Sambudha “Sam” Abendschein has always wanted to be a dentist, all that was missing was an intensive, real-world look at what dental school is all about. Earlier in June,...
Faculty: Dr. Chandra Speight
Dr. Chandra Speight knew early that she was on a mission to make North Carolina better, but it took a few degrees and living a bit of life to find...
D-Day jump gives Brody simulation fellow perspective on training students
A few years ago, after nearly 40 years of service, Bill Vasios, a simulation fellow at the Brody School of Medicine’s clinical simulation program and an adjunct clinical associate faculty...
Student: Doreen Boateng Sarfo
When most people look for a new place to work, living near a teaching hospital with a strong relationship with a university’s nursing program isn’t usually at the top of...
Nursing faculty members selected for national Health Equity Influencers Program
Two East Carolina University nursing professors have been accepted to a national program aimed at addressing health care inequities and ensuring that nursing education programs are inclusive. Drs. Brittany Baker...
Construction heats up on campus this summer
This summer, heavy equipment will be laying down steaming hot asphalt around campus, but new chilled water pipes will soon be delivering cool, crisp air if you need to duck...
NC-STeP-Peds expands access to mental health care for children
Youth across the state now have better access to mental health services as part of the expansion of the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP), an initiative of East Carolina...
ECU students and faculty work to explain blood clot formation and disease
East Carolina University’s Dr. Nathan Hudson is leading research to better understand how blood clots form, what impacts degradation of clots and new ways to attack them to help improve...