Medical Archives

Feb 13, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU cardiac psychology program brings heart-brain connection into spotlight

East Carolina University’s postgraduate program in cardiac psychology creates professionals who are ready to help patients cope as they adapt to life-saving heart devices. On the heels of marking its...

Feb 09, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

COMMITMENT TO SERVICE

The Service League of Greenville has spent 83 years quietly doing big things for the community. A scholarship endowment, established in 2018 through the ECU Medical and Health Sciences Foundation,...

Feb 03, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

Student illustrations bring new life to 19th century manuscripts

It all started with an email. East Carolina University Honors College student Delaney Meginniss read an email about a possible job for art majors or those interested in art and...

Representatives from ECU, TEDI BEAR Children’s Advocacy Center and the Mount Olive community celebrate the Jan. 27 opening of the Mount Olive Children’s Advocacy Center.
Feb 03, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY

East Carolina University officially opened its Mount Olive Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) last week during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, ushering in a much-needed resource for addressing child abuse cases in underresourced...

Feb 02, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

FAMILY MEDICINE GIANT

A plaque on the newly named James G. “Jim” Jones Chair’s Suite in East Carolina University’s Department of Family Medicine honors Jones and an immense list of titles for which...

Jan 26, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

Banquet honors graduating medical students, legacy of caring

The 39th annual Andrew A. Best, MD Senior Recognition Banquet honored an eastern North Carolina legacy in medicine — and celebrated the graduating members of the Student National Medical Association...

Jason Higginson, Brody School of Medicine executive dean and chief health officer for ECU Health, took over command Jan. 21 of the Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command–Bethesda.
Jan 25, 2023
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

TAKING COMMAND

For someone who claims to not believe in multitasking, Jason Higginson certainly excels at it. In addition to serving as executive dean of East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine,...

Jan 10, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU alumna named N.C. Distinguished Family Physician of the Year

Shannon B. Dowler, a 1999 graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, was named the 2022 Distinguished Family Physician Award winner by the North Carolina Academy...

Jan 04, 2023
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

Brody chapter of Gold Humanism Honor Society inducts new members

The East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) recently inducted 12 new members. Fourth-year medical students Gary Allen, Mona Amin, Kari Beasley,...

Dec 21, 2022
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Privette meeting room a venue for exchanging ideas, positive interactions

Doug Privette ’72 came to East Carolina University in 1968 with a suitcase and a plan to focus exclusively on academics. He found friends and his life’s purpose in ECU’s...