Health Sciences Archives

May 27, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental, medical students named NC Schweitzer Fellows

Seven students from East Carolina University’s Division of Health Sciences have been named to the 2020-21 class of North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellows, including four students from the School of...

May 26, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Dental school receives $500K technology grant from USDA

The ECU School of Dental Medicine received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to upgrade and expand its teledentistry capacity in rural North Carolina communities. The school...

May 22, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Brody’s Gold Humanism Honor Society chapter receives outstanding ranking

The Brody School of Medicine chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) recently received its first “Outstanding” ranking from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Established in 2002, the Gold...

May 22, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

COVID-19 SURVEY PROJECT

A team of East Carolina University public health experts are part of a statewide partnership on a project that will explore the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on North...

May 20, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

COVID-19 ANTIBODY TREATMENT

Physicians from East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Health are performing a clinical procedure that uses antibodies from people who have recovered from COVID-19 to treat patients...

May 15, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Doctor of Public Health student awarded international fellowship

The National Security Education Program (NSEP) recently awarded Keziah Illidge a David L. Boren Fellowship to study in Ghana, West Africa. Illidge, a student in ECU’s Doctor of Public Health...

May 14, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Medical student creates coronavirus coloring book

Emily Kragel has a way of weaving art into her approach to the world—from everyday life to her medical education. The fourth-year Brody School of Medicine student has teamed up...

May 13, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

Brody student helps translate COVID-19 information for patients nationwide

In a nod to the spirit of the “Brody family”—a concept of closeness and commitment to service that bonds those in East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine—one student is...

May 12, 2020
  • Erin Ward

Pirate Nation raises nearly $40K for coronavirus relief on Giving Tuesday Now

East Carolina University raised nearly $40,000 on Giving Tuesday Now, a global day of philanthropy created to respond to the unprecedented need caused by the coronavirus. The May 5 initiative...

May 01, 2020
  • ECU News Services

PIRATE GRIT ANCHORS GRADUATES

A 71 year old who returned last fall to complete his degree, a future doctor, a born leader with his eye on the White House, a major in the U.S....