Health Sciences Archives

Mar 17, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

TOP PROGRAMS

East Carolina University graduate programs in allied health sciences, education, fine arts, medicine, nursing and public administration have been recognized among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report....

Mar 12, 2020
  • Erin Ward

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

When Ledyard E. Ross Hall, home of East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, opened in 2012, the man behind it served as an inspiration to future dentists committed to...

Mar 11, 2020
  • ECU News Services

State Attorney General visits Brody School of Medicine to honor physician

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein visited the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University on Monday to present an ECU physician with an award for his efforts warning...

Mar 11, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU Alumni Association names 2020 Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award recipients

The East Carolina University Alumni Association selected five student recipients of the 2020 Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award. The award recognizes students’ academic achievement as well as commitment to...

Mar 09, 2020
  • Janiya Winchester

Student: Ongeri Ayako

Ongeri Joseph Ayako, second-year medical student at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, believes in balance in his approach to becoming a doctor and his family life. Ayako, originally...

Mar 06, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Rural Health Symposium addresses rural health issues including opioids, poverty

When Dr. Venus Evans-Winters was growing up on the south side of Chicago, stress made her grind her teeth – but luckily the problem was caught by good dental care....

Mar 05, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

CORE VALUES

Building Capacity for Underserved Areas Twenty-one students who completed the Public Fellows Internship program, funded by the State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation, were honored for their service in rural communities...

Mar 05, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Looking to lose weight? New ECU study suggests that intensive behavioral therapy can help.

A new study from ECU’s College of Allied Health Sciences and Brody School of Medicine recently highlighted by CNN demonstrated that intensive behavioral therapy provided by registered dietitians can help...

Mar 03, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

CORONAVIRUS EXPLAINED

ECU Experts ECU’s Division of Health Sciences has experts available to answer questions related to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other infectious diseases. Infectious diseases: Paul Cook, MD, chief of Brody’s...

Feb 26, 2020
  • Matt Smith

SERVICE THROUGH RESEARCH

East Carolina University researchers will be recognized Monday, March 2, at the university’s fourth annual Research and Scholarship Awards. The awards honor ECU faculty with the Lifetime Research & Creative...