EARLY DETECTION
East Carolina University’s successful wastewater testing program for COVID-19 has paused for the summer but will start again when students return to campus in August. “The wastewater program was an...
Health Sciences Archives
MAPPING COVID-19
When limited resources prevent everyone from having immediate access to COVID-19 vaccines, how do you determine who needs them most urgently? Where are they located? How can you get the...
Faculty: Dr. Denise Donica
Dr. Denise Donica doesn’t live in the negative. Positive outcomes fuel Donica, an associate professor and chair of the East Carolina University Department of Occupational Therapy. “The goal of occupational...
ECU medical, dental students named 2021-22 N.C. Schweitzer Fellows
Eight students in the Division of Health Sciences at East Carolina University have been named to the 2021-22 cohort of North Carolina Schweitzer Fellows. Four students from ECU’s Brody School...
CARING FOR FARMWORKERS
Sonríe means “smile” in Spanish—and there were plenty to go around on May 16, when students, faculty, staff, residents and volunteers from ECU’s School of Dental Medicine gathered in Ross...
White coat to graduation: Dr. Brittany Means Lee reflects on journey
On Aug. 4, 2017, Brittany Means Lee (or Brittany Lorraine Means as she was known then) was called up to the stage in the Brody School of Medicine’s Auditorium to...
Health Behavior research cluster announces seed funding
East Carolina University’s Health Behavior research cluster announced research project seed funding for a pair of faculty-led projects in April. Kori Brewer, associate chief of research in the Brody School...
Kyia Riddick
Since she was a child, Kyia Riddick has dreamed of being a nurse. The Gates County native began researching nursing programs and learned about East Carolina University’s Pirate Nurses. The...
Gabriella Galvan
Gabriella Galvan never pictured herself pursuing a career in health care — until a teacher shared vivid stories about her real-world experiences in nursing. Now, Galvan is hooked. As an...
Two Brody faculty members appointed to national alliance on women’s health, equity
Two faculty members in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have been named to the 2021 Women’s Wellness through Equity and Leadership (WEL) Alliance. Dr. Amanda Higginson,...