OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SCHOLARSHIPS
We fill our days with regular activities — we get dressed, eat breakfast, brush our teeth, text a friend, drive the car, check email — often without having to put...
Health Sciences Archives
GROWING SOLUTIONS
In a garden that grows upon a ribbon of old family farmland in the mountains of Ashe County, dreams are harvested alongside vegetables. The garden is a vision nurtured by...
ECU med students add health disparities certificate to service-learning track
Four students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University are the first to earn a graduate certificate in ethnic and rural health disparities (ERHD) as part of...
IMPROVING DIABETES CARE
Dr. Shiv Patil, a family physician, diabetologist and faculty member at the ECU Brody School of Medicine, was named the recipient of the 2020 Health Care Provider Award from the...
FALL 2020 COMMENCEMENT — COLLEGE CELEBRATIONS
Graduates, parents, families and friends, please join us at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 4 for our virtual Fall 2020 Commencement Ceremony. Watch the ceremony live on the commencement website, or...
Faculty: Dr. Greg Kearney
A temporary job turned into a lifelong passion for public health for Dr. Greg Kearney, an associate professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Public Health in the Brody School...
ASPIRING FAMILY PHYSICIAN
East Carolina University senior biology major Darren Sanders aspires to become a family medical doctor and help the underserved populations of North Carolina. Originally from Charlotte, Sanders said his family...
FULL SPEED AHEAD
East Carolina University’s graduating class of fall 2020 includes more than 2,000 students who will turn their tassels this week (from home — the Friday, Dec. 4 ceremony is virtual...
Researchers investigate causes of insulin resistance
A research team at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine has published a study that may help exonerate a popular scapegoat in the field of metabolic disease. The study,...
COVID-19 AND THE HOLIDAYS
As the holidays approach, COVID-19 infection rates continue to spike and political anxiety simmers following a contentious election. Consequently, families around the globe are being forced to make difficult decisions...