CELEBRATING SIMULATION
For ECU dental student Toyosi Coker and other students on the Health Sciences Campus, practice makes a perfect blend of confidence and capability. Access to state-of-the-art equipment and technology in...
Health Sciences Archives
Grant will give preschoolers head start on learning about science and health
East Carolina University will lead a new five-year, $1.3 million grant that will give thousands of North Carolina children an early start on learning about science and nutrition. Preschool Education...
ECU researcher, grad student among American Association of University Women award recipients
An East Carolina University researcher, Dr. Samantha McDonald, and an ECU graduate student, Rachel E.R. Person, have received American Association of University Women (AAUW) 2019-20 fellowships and grants. McDonald, from...
College of Nursing welcomes 124 future nurses with pin ceremony
The ECU College of Nursing welcomed 124 future nurses on Aug. 29 during the college’s biannual Lamp of Learning ceremony at the Brody School of Medicine. Family members and friends...
Brody alumna raps, treats patients and oversees N.C. Medicaid
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine alumna Dr. Shannon Dowler has been named the new chief medical officer of North Carolina Medicaid. Dowler ’99 begins her new role on...
ECU Physicians receives second national diabetes care recognition
Twenty-three ECU clinicians have received national recognition for their exceptional care of patients with diabetes. Thirteen of the twenty-three are receiving this designation for the second time. The National Committee for...
DIGGING INTO RESEARCH
County Home Road. The name is sort of self-explanatory. Somewhere along this stretch of highway south of Greenville was a building or buildings where some people lived. But who were...
Kovar, 9 ECU Nursing alumni named Distinguished Public Health Nurses
College of Nursing faculty member Dr. Cheryl Kovar has been named a Distinguished Public Health Nurse in North Carolina. Kovar, an assistant professor in the advanced nursing practice and education department,...
BRODY SCHOLARS
Three medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Brandon Garcia, Kayla Mayes and Grant O’Brien – who like their classmates are...
ECU Nursing faculty member receives lung cancer research grant
East Carolina University College of Nursing faculty member Dr. LeeAnn Jarrett-Johnson was selected to receive one of five Lung Cancer Research Fellowship Grants awarded by the Lung Cancer Initiative of...