Health Sciences Archives

Feb 24, 2020
  • Rob Spahr

RESEARCHING MUSCLE FUNCTION

East Carolina University researchers – in collaboration with researchers from Florida State University and the University of Hannover, Germany – discovered that a small region in the cardiac protein, troponin...

Feb 20, 2020
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

MASTER EDUCATORS

A trio of physicians - Drs. Adam Kansagor, Susan Schmidt and Diane Semer - were recently named master educators by the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. The...

Feb 19, 2020
  • Spaine Stephens

EXPLORING MEDICAL CAREERS

During conversations about the future, Delisa Davis’s mother always reminds her to step into new experiences ready to take advantage of opportunity. That’s why when Davis learned about the Rise...

Feb 17, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Nakaya Melvin

East Carolina University student Nakaya Melvin is always up for a challenge. Melvin, a senior from Fayetteville, is an Honors College student double majoring in public health studies and chemistry....

Feb 14, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Celebrating the Journey: College of Nursing Black History Month focuses on overcoming fear

The College of Nursing celebrated Black History Month with a keynote address and a roundtable discussion with black nursing students, alumni and community members on Feb. 6. Keynote speaker Dr....

Feb 13, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU faculty member awarded national ‘Outstanding Mentor of the Year’ honor

Dr. Danielle Walsh, associate professor of surgery at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine and the director of the surgery residency program at ECU and Vidant Medical Center, was recently awarded...

Feb 13, 2020
  • Jamie Smith

DIGITAL DATING

Butterflies in your stomach, a knock on the door, an awkward moment meeting your parents or roommate and then one of the most terrifying and exciting moments of dating –...

Feb 12, 2020
  • Ken Buday

PITCH PERFECT

As a baseball pitcher, Evan Voliva has simple goals. “I just want to throw hard, throw well and strike out a lot of guys,” he said. As a fan of...

Feb 12, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU College of Nursing welcomes its most diverse BSN class

The ECU College of Nursing celebrated its most diverse class of future nurses ever as it welcomed 144 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program and Accelerated Second-Degree BSN (ABSN)...

Feb 10, 2020
  • Crystal Baity
  • Erin Ward
  • Kristen Martin
  • Rob Spahr
  • Spaine Stephens

MATTERS OF THE HEART

East Carolina University’s motto servire – to serve – is at the center of all we do each day. From doctors who literally fix hearts to educators who fill them...