Health Sciences Archives

Nov 15, 2018

Brody physician named head of state medical society

Dr. Timothy Reeder, associate professor and executive vice chair for clinical operations in the Department of Emergency Medicine at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, was recently sworn in as president...

Dr. Gene Tranbarger, the first male president of the NCNA and an ECU faculty emeritus, speaks during the College of Nursing Diversity Day event on Nov. 1 as assistant professor Dr. Thompson Forbes and incoming American Nurses Association president Dr. Ernest Grant look on.
Nov 13, 2018
  • Natalie Sayewich

MEN IN NURSING

Why does diversity matter? This was the question that directed a conversation held recently at the East Carolina Heart Institute featuring trailblazers of the nursing profession sharing insights with current...

Brody School of Medicine student Dylan Flood pauses to speak to a victim while assessing another during the interprofessional mass casualty simulation at the College of Nursing on Nov. 10. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 13, 2018
  • Natalie Sayewich

DISASTER DRILL

Nursing and medical students rushed toward the yelling and moaning that echoed through the College of Nursing on Saturday morning. When they arrived at the frenzied scene of bodies and...

Nov 12, 2018
  • Peggy Novotny

DENTAL STUDENTS DON WHITE COATS

The ECU School of Dental Medicine bestowed clinical white coats upon 51 students in the Class of 2021 during a ceremony on the evening of Nov. 8. The event signaled...

Dr. Gary L. LeRoy, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, left, presents Dr. Kendall Campbell, interim senior associate dean for academic affairs at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, an award celebrating Brody’s track record of producing family physicians. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 09, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

FAMILY MEDICINE LEADER

No other medical school in North Carolina – and only one other in the nation – has produced a higher percentage of family physicians in the last decade than the...

Dr. Ford Grant, faculty director of the School of Dental Medicine’s community service learning center in Ahoskie, talks with patient Amber Doering. The dental school has received national recognition for its innovative approach to dental education. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Oct 29, 2018
  • Spaine Stephens

ACCESS SUCCESS

The national organization representing all U.S. and Canadian dental schools announced last week that a 2019 award for innovation will go to the School of Dental Medicine at East Carolina...

Oct 24, 2018

ECU nursing dean named Fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education

ECU College of Nursing Dean Dr. Sylvia Brown was recently inducted as a Fellow in nursing education’s most prestigious organization, placing her among the country’s most respected nurse educators. Brown...

Oct 24, 2018

ECU nursing dean named Fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education

ECU College of Nursing Dean Dr. Sylvia Brown was recently inducted as a Fellow in nursing education’s most prestigious organization, placing her among the country’s most respected nurse educators. Brown...

East Carolina University and Vidant Medical Center have been selected for a national trauma research network for the U.S. Department of Defense. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 19, 2018
  • ECU News Services

TRAUMA TRIALS

East Carolina University and Vidant Medical Center have been selected for a national trauma research network for the U.S. Department of Defense. Linking Investigations in Trauma & Emergency Services (LITES)...

Oct 17, 2018

Brody School of Medicine names director of alumni affairs

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has named its first director of alumni affairs. Laura McFall Bond will oversee Brody’s efforts to increase the medical school’s engagement...