Health Sciences Archives

ECU Honors College student Maggie Marshall demonstrates how virtual reality will be used in a study on balance control and concussion.
Jan 30, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

CONCUSSION AND RECOVERY

Researchers in the Department of Kinesiology at East Carolina University are using virtual reality to study balance control in concussion and recovery. Concussions are most often caused by a blow...

Jan 26, 2018

ECU's College of Nursing welcomes 152 new students

More than 150 students gathered in the auditorium of the Brody School of Medicine on Thursday morning to be officially welcomed into ECU’s College of Nursing. Tiny gold lamps were...

Jan 25, 2018

Student-designed brochure outlines dangers of e-cigs

Second-year Brody School of Medicine students Whitney Green and Radhika Kothadia have designed a brochure to educate middle and high school students about e-cigarettes. The effort comes on the heels of...

Jan 24, 2018

ECU alumna named NC School Nurse Administrator of the Year

From her 30-year career as a school nurse and nurse administrator, Terri Joyner knows that healthy children learn better— and that school nurses are key to making that happen. The...

A study of the potential impacts of GenX will test tapwater as well as blood and urine samples from residents exposed to the compound.
Jan 08, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

CONTAMINATION COLLABORATION

Some projects are too important – and cover too many disciplines – for one researcher to tackle alone. That’s why a study of the potential health impacts of GenX on...

From left, Dr. Paul Mounsey, ECU's new chief of cardiac electrophysiology and ECU cardiac surgeon Dr. Andy Kiser are part of the new atrial fibrillation management team at ECHI.
Dec 21, 2017
  • Amy Adams Ellis
  • Angela Todd

HEARTS IN RHYTHM

The Brody School of Medicine at ECU and Vidant Health have announced the opening of North Carolina’s first specialized atrial fibrillation management clinic, located within the East Carolina Heart Institute...

Dec 20, 2017

A holiday concert with a purpose

The Aphasia group at ECU’s Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic sings Christmas carols to spread holiday cheer and to help them get their voices back. People with aphasia have difficulty or...

Dec 20, 2017

A holiday concert with a purpose

The Aphasia group at ECU’s Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic sings Christmas carols to spread holiday cheer and to help them get their voices back. People with aphasia have difficulty or...

Dec 13, 2017

Laupus Library pampers dedicated scholars

It was a busy time for Laupus Library over the last week as every study room and quiet space was filled with studying students preparing for final exams. From Dec....

Dec 08, 2017
  • Spaine Stephens

A MISSION OF SERVICE

A champion for quality health care in the East and a face of university leadership and service has announced his retirement from the Brody School of Medicine at ECU. Dr....