Health Sciences Archives

ECU graduate and U.S. Navy veteran Travis Barton looks forward to a service-oriented civilian career in clinical laboratory science.
May 03, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

SERVICE IN HIS BLOOD

Travis Barton knew that he was meant to help people since childhood. At the time, he didn’t know exactly what that would look like. Joining the military allowed him to...

ECU graduate Dalton P. Brooks III will head home to Lumberton to practice dentistry alongside his father, bringing lessons learned in childhood full circle.
May 03, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

BACK TO HIS ROOTS

For Dalton P. Brooks III, commencement means more than beginning a new chapter as a professional. It signals the strengthening of family and community ties Brooks has nurtured all his...

Apr 30, 2021
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. Mark Moss

Growing up in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Dr. Mark Moss listened to the advice of his parents, who told him of the importance of education to his future. The associate professor...

Apr 30, 2021
  • Rich Klindworth

Brody Scholars reflect on medical school journey — from white coat to Match Day

There’s a good chance you don’t remember Aug. 4, 2017, or the fact that it was a Friday. But for 82 Brody School of Medicine students, it was a big...

Apr 26, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

The COVID-19 pandemic presented a host of challenges for the student organizers of the annual Pirates Vs. Cancer fundraiser this year, but they remained undaunted and still managed to raise...

Apr 14, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

FUTURE CHANGE MAKERS

This spring, East Carolina University undergraduates taking a 4000-level research course in African and African American Studies (AAAS) are learning how their history and diverse, interdisciplinary research interests may help...

Apr 12, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Merdi Lutete

Maybe Merdi Lutete would be a newscaster. Or a tennis player. “I honestly was all over the place depending on which TV show I was watching at the time,” said...

Apr 12, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST

One of the Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge's main goals is to inspire and encourage winning entrepreneurial collaboration across East Carolina University. Consider that goal accomplished. Dr. George Schilling, a third-year physical...

Apr 09, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Bolin busts myths about COVID-19 vaccines

East Carolina University’s Dr. Paul Bolin is a mythbuster when it comes to COVID-19. Bolin, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, answered questions...

Apr 08, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

Dental students raise awareness, funds ahead of Day of Unity

The ECU School of Dental Medicine will celebrate a Day of Unity on Friday, May 14, to honor the differences among people and to encourage dialogue on diversity and racism....