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...
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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...
ECU researcher explores bacteria behaviors
A professor in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the structural and functional properties of bacterial enzyme...
BRAIN HEALTH
Decades before someone starts experiencing the hand tremors, shaking or loss of balance associated with Parkinson’s disease, changes in their gut could signal potential problems. Researchers at East Carolina University’s...
UNDERSTANDING ‘LONG COVID’
A team from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine is collaborating with health care providers from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth to understand the extended effects of COVID-19, and to...
ECU dental school dean named president-elect of international group
Dr. Greg Chadwick, dean of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, has been elected president-elect of FDI World Dental Federation, the premier representative body for more than one...
ECU nursing, physical therapy students team up for patient-centered training
A new partnership between the East Carolina University colleges of Allied Health Sciences and Nursing recently provided students the opportunity to experience firsthand the benefits of interprofessional health care delivery...
Study: Public health could be improved by reducing ‘tobacco swamps’
A new study co-authored by an East Carolina University researcher finds that public health could be improved by reducing “tobacco swamps” — densely located stores that sell tobacco products. Similar...
ECU occupational therapy provides screenings, activities for children
Students and faculty in the East Carolina University College of Allied Health Sciences’ Department of Occupational Therapy provided free screenings, educational games and activities to children on Sept. 18 during...
INVESTING IN INNOVATION
How do you get a grant for your idea? ECU's Carlyle Rogers explains. For the translational research grants (TRG), the process typically starts with our Office of Licensing and Commercialization...