Health Sciences Archives

a group of students laugh as they navigate a team building challenge involving purple, intertwined yarn.
Jul 21, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

On track for more than a decade

When Kamryn Henderson came to the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University last summer, she brought with her the discipline and poise of a track and field athlete...

Jul 17, 2025
  • Kim Tilghman

MOTHeRS project wins national award for advancing maternal mental health care

An East Carolina University initiative that brings maternal health care closer to home, helping obstetric patients avoid long trips to distant specialty centers, has earned national recognition. The MOTHeRS Project...

A woman with dark hair in a suit stands outside under a row of trees.
Jul 09, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Staff: Jessica Miller

Jessica Miller, the director and pre-award administrator in the College of Nursing-College of Allied Health Sciences Research Administration Hub, took a temporary position at East Carolina University without a clear...

Two women separate food into bowls in a well-lit indoor space.
Jul 08, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Speech student blends science, compassion for dysphagia study

An undergraduate student in East Carolina University’s speech language pathology program is offering hope to those with dysphagia through a novel research project — testing kitchen blenders. Hannah Shook will...

A woman in grey medical scrubs stands in a simulated operating room with purple lights.
Jul 07, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Student: Michaela Davenport

Michaela Davenport said her path to East Carolina University and the College of Nursing wasn’t easy, or direct, but she has no doubt it was the right choice. Davenport is...

A man in a neon yellow construction shirt and white hard hat holds a nail gun to the floor of the Whichard building on campus.
Jul 01, 2025
  • Doug Boyd

Summer 2025 Campus Construction Roundup

This summer, crews and contractors at East Carolina University are busy working on old buildings and putting up new ones, with the goal of providing safe, modern and spacious facilities...

Jun 20, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Preparing Tomorrow’s Dentists gives prospective students a look at dental school

Ivianna Phifer adjusted her phone to just the right angle as she held a dental instrument in each hand and awaited instructions. Phifer was decked out in personal protective gear...

Several students wearing pink and sitting in a row look up at someone on a stage and smile.
Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Your guide to Pirate life: meet the ECU orientation assistants

Orientation assistants (OA) serve a vital role in helping guide new students and their families into Pirate life at East Carolina University. Twenty-five OAs who are current students, along with...

Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OI: Tori Bain

Majors: Environmental studies and geography Hometown: Raeford Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I originally chose ECU for their atmospheric...

Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OA: Pada Xiong

Major: Nursing Hometown: Catawba Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU because of the great nursing program they...