Health Sciences Archives

Mar 24, 2021
  • Rob Spahr

FREE COFFEE

For more than a year, the students, faculty and staff on East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus have been faced with an unprecedented set of challenges due to the COVID-19...

Mar 23, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

ECU College of Nursing inducts 22 new members into Hall of Fame

More than 20 nurse leaders officially joined the ranks of the ECU College of Nursing’s most esteemed alumni and supporters on Friday, March 5, while two received the honorable Distinguished...

Mar 22, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Maggie Marshall

As an East Carolina University undergraduate student, Maggie Marshall had an opportunity to shadow physical therapists at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Now a doctoral student in physical therapy,...

Mar 19, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich
  • Rob Spahr

MATCH DAY 2021

Fourth-year medical students at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine learned on Friday where they will spend the next several years of their lives. As part of the annual...

Mar 15, 2021
  • Julie Roman

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARDS

East Carolina University’s Diversity and Inclusion awards reflect the importance of creating an equitable and respectful environment among faculty, staff and students. Under the guidance of LaKesha Alston Forbes, associate...

Mar 11, 2021
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

EXPLORING PFAS

A professor at East Carolina University was recently selected to join the National Academies’ Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions (ESEHD). Dr. Jamie DeWitt of the...

Mar 11, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

7 questions with ECU dental faculty about dental care amid COVID-19

Even as the COVID-19 vaccination phases continue to roll out, there may be lingering questions about routine visits to the doctor and dentist during a pandemic. Three faculty members from...

Mar 08, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

SIMULATION ACCREDITATION

The Society for Simulation in Healthcare recently granted full accreditation to the East Carolina University College of Nursing’s simulation program, making ECU the only public university in the state with...

Mar 05, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

College of Nursing Black history celebration focuses on acknowledging past, advancing future

Centuries of misconceptions about and mistreatment of African Americans continue to cause health care disparities among the Black community today. The ways these issues contribute to inequities and how health...

Mar 01, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

RURAL HEALTH

During the 4th annual Rural Health Symposium, health care providers tuned in for a live webinar to share ideas that could translate to better health outcomes for rural patients. The...