DECADE OF DENTISTRY
Several years ago, Victoria Hardy stared out the window of an East Carolina University Transit bus at Ledyard E. Ross Hall, the new home of the School of Dental Medicine...
Health Sciences Archives
STARTING STEM EARLY
If you happened to see Dr. Virginia C. Stage on the ground, digging through the dirt to find roly-polies outside ECU’s Health Sciences Building this past summer, you might not...
ECU nursing students support abused children with cuddly donations
When there is need in eastern North Carolina, East Carolina University’s College of Nursing always answers the call to serve. This has been evident throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as nursing...
HEALTH CARE, EN ESPAÑOL
As students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University learn to earn their patients’ trust and look for ways to better serve the underserved, many are honing...
CAREER KUDOS
Wherever Dr. Thomas G. “Tom” Irons goes, his reputation as a tireless advocate for health care access for all North Carolinians precedes him. Irons is an East Carolina University fixture,...
ECU health sciences library kicks off webinar series on problems facing migrant farmworkers
The Laupus Health Sciences Library Diversity Committee and its partners kicked off a webinar series on issues facing migrant farmworkers on Oct. 20, with a keynote address on digital inclusion...
HEALTHIER MOMS, HEALTHIER BABIES
To get to a prenatal appointment, Stephanie Massey must leave the small town of Newport in the eastern edge of North Carolina and drive 70 miles inland on rural roads...
Brody’s Albernaz lecture teaches students that compassion is key part of medicine
It’s no secret that health care workers everywhere are facing burnout right now. This can cause physicians to detach from their patients and surroundings for their own wellbeing. “When...
PROTECTING PIRATES
More than 500 people rolled up their sleeves for a flu shot — and almost 200 got a COVID-19 vaccine or booster — on a picture-perfect Tuesday at East Carolina...
RURAL FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY
East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Health have launched a new Rural Family Medicine Residency Program that will equip physicians with specialized training in caring for patients...