Health Sciences Archives

Jun 28, 2021
  • Matt Smith

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...

Jun 23, 2021
  • ECU News Services

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...

Jun 17, 2021
  • Matt Smith

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...

Jun 17, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

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...

Jun 15, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

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...

Jun 11, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

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...

May 28, 2021
  • Ken Buday

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...

May 24, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

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...

May 20, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

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...

May 19, 2021
  • Rich Klindworth

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...