Health Sciences Archives

Research by Dr. Jitka Virag, an associate professor in the Department of Physiology at the Brody School of Medicine at ECU.
Feb 27, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

STAT MADNESS

Imagine that someone suffering from a heart attack could have their life saved by the administration of a protein instead of having to undergo a stent placement or heart transplant...

Photography by Rhett Butler
Feb 21, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Ebone Evans

Ebone Evans of Durham is a third-year student in the Brody School of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate degree from Winston-Salem State University, majoring in biology. During her time there,...

Dr. Mark Stacy awarded $2.6 million in funding for faculty-generated initiatives from the start-up package he received when he became the dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 21, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BUILDING A BETTER BRODY

When Dr. Mark Stacy was interviewing to be the next dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, he got the sense that it was an institution that had learned to...

Feb 19, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Dr. Jennifer Arnold of ‘The Little Couple’ encourages ECU students to think big

The star of TLC Network’s, “The Little Couple,” Dr. Jennifer Arnold, was the keynote speaker for East Carolina University’s 2018 North Carolina Civility summit on Saturday, Feb. 17. She encouraged...

Feb 13, 2018
  • ECU News Services

UnitedHealthcare donates to ECU College of Nursing

UnitedHealthcare Community & State of North Carolina presented East Carolina University’s College of Nursing with $25,000 on Friday, Feb. 12 to fund scholarships for students enrolled in the Regionally Increasing...

A $75,000 fund will create scholarships for public health students.
Feb 08, 2018
  • Erin Ward

‘EVEN STRONGER’

A new public health scholarship will help East Carolina University students interested in working in long-term care, an increasingly important area of study as the state and nation’s population ages...

Dr. Linc Conn (right) inspects the work of first-year dental student Rudy Oxendine. Oxendine is a former Greenville police officer. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 07, 2018
  • Rich Klindworth

FROM SERGEANT TO STUDENT

Being a police officer and a dentist are more similar than one might think. That’s what former Sgt. Rudy Oxendine is realizing as a first-year dental student. “It’s all about...

Dr. Tommy Ellis, medical director for ECU Physicians’ Firetower Medical Office, discusses educational materials on diabetes with a patient. (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Feb 06, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

PROJECT CORE

Getting an appointment to see a medical specialist can be a lengthy and costly process for patients. The high demand for appointments, coupled with the limited number of available specialists,...

Feb 05, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Social determinants of obesity, diabetes addressed at ECU symposium

Does where you live or your level of education make you more prone to obesity and diabetes? These and other social determinants of obesity and diabetes, which are disproportionally affecting...

Brody School of Medicine (Photo by Gretchen Baugh)
Feb 02, 2018
  • Erin Ward

FINDING A CURE

Every day, ECU’s Brody School of Medicine teems with professors and students pipetting cell cultures, analyzing tissues and eyeballing microscopes in the name of cutting-edge research. The Brody Brothers Foundation...