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...
Health Sciences Archives
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...
SUSPICIOUS SPOTS?
A disease that many thought we had eradicated — at least in our part of the world — is making a comeback in parts of the United States and abroad....
2019 WHITE COAT CEREMONY
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University officially welcomed 86 new medical students – all North Carolina residents – during its annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday morning....
MEDICAL STUDENT TEAMWORK
During their first week at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, first-year medical students are inundated with typical orientation-related activities, such as learning about the school’s policies, classes, exams and technology....
FINS TO THE LEFT
When 17-year-old Paige Winter was attacked by a shark in Atlantic Beach in early June, quick action by her father, followed by expert care from Brody School of Medicine surgeons...
FUTURE DOCTORS
While many of their friends enjoyed summer vacations, a group of students considering careers in health care got a dose of what the first year of medical school has to...
ECU faculty member inducted as fellow of the AANP
Dr. Michelle Skipper, a nurse practitioner and director of the ECU College of Nursing’s doctor of nursing practice program was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse...
Student: Brianna Chavis-Locklear
When she was a little girl growing up in the Robeson County community of Prospect, Brianna Chavis-Locklear’s older sister came home from a dental appointment with braces on her teeth....
RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH
Neurodegenerative diseases – such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS – are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. The risk of these diseases is reduced by intake...