PROTECTING FARMERS
While health care systems around the world were frantically searching for personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line hospital workers during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina...
Health Sciences Archives
DRIVING INDEPENDENCE
For parents of teens in Dr. Anne Dickerson’s driving boot camp, there aren’t enough words to describe what she and her East Carolina University occupational therapy graduate students have given...
ECU dental school names assistant dean for diversity, equity and inclusion
Dr. Wanda Wright has been named the inaugural assistant dean for diversity, equity and inclusion for the ECU School of Dental Medicine (SoDM). Wright, who has been with the school...
60TH ANNIVERSARY
The East Carolina College of Nursing celebrates 60 years of educating Pirate Nurses this fall. The ECU nursing community marked the occasion with a virtual Homecoming and 60th anniversary celebration...
Student: Marianne Congema
East Carolina University senior Marianne Congema has wanted to be a nurse since fifth grade, when her mother had a heart attack followed by an extensive hospital stay. “I was...
ECU researcher earns $1.8M grant to study brain, immune system links to hypertension
A researcher in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how communication between...
ECU Division of Health Sciences faculty, residents and students earn accolades
When it comes to awards and accolades, East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences faculty, staff, residents and students continue to achieve in their fields. Recent honors include grants, organizational...
REMARKABLE LEADERS
Six outstanding women were honored for their selfless leadership as Women of Distinction at East Carolina University during a virtual ceremony on Sept. 29. Eboni Baugh, Betsy Tuttle, Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs,...
Brody School of Medicine researcher receives NIH funding for skeletal muscle research
A faculty researcher with Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a $750,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to further explore the implications of a...
NOVEL TREATMENT METHOD
An East Carolina University faculty member’s latest patent may change the way Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is treated, leading to more effective care over a longer period of time for...