EMERGENCY EDUCATION
UPDATE, JANUARY 2022: The certificate program referenced in the story below was approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is now accepting applications. All...
Health Sciences Archives
Faculty: Dr. Pamela Reis
A car crash changed the future for East Carolina University’s Dr. Pamela Reis — and the future of thousands of students, mothers and their babies. “I was in a car...
CONNECTING PAST & PRESENT
Living through a pandemic isn't just the stuff of history books anymore. Now, visitors to the country’s oldest museum dedicated to rural health care can connect on a more personal...
ECU researcher lands featured journal cover story
East Carolina University research instructor Tracey Woodlief made the cover of the journal Toxics for her work with the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology’s DeWitt Lab researching the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also...
ECU, VIDANT TO CLINICALLY INTEGRATE
East Carolina University will move toward full clinical integration with Vidant Health and the creation of a distinctive health system brand – ECU Health or similar branding – to serve...
EXEMPLARY SERVICE
The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute has been nationally recognized for an exemplary project by the Engagement Scholarship Consortium. An inter-institutional partnership among East Carolina University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical...
ECU cardiologist earns national award for outstanding work in science and medicine
Dr. Blase Carabello has been awarded the 2020-2021 Harriet P. Dustan Award for Outstanding Work in Science as Related to Medicine from the American College of Physicians (ACP). Carabello is...
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...
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...