Medical Archives

Jul 22, 2024
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s Brody School of Medicine named top tier medical school by U.S. News & World Report

East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine is one of 15 nationwide and the only medical school in North Carolina included in the top tier of medical schools in a...

Jul 18, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU researcher wins state venture challenge

Dr. Rukiyah Van Dross-Anderson, professor in East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, won the second statewide NC Biotech Venture Challenge on June 27. She received $40,000 from the North...

Jul 01, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

D-Day jump gives Brody simulation fellow perspective on training students

A few years ago, after nearly 40 years of service, Bill Vasios, a simulation fellow at the Brody School of Medicine’s clinical simulation program and an adjunct clinical associate faculty...

Jun 13, 2024
  • Doug Boyd

Construction heats up on campus this summer

This summer, heavy equipment will be laying down steaming hot asphalt around campus, but new chilled water pipes will soon be delivering cool, crisp air if you need to duck...

NC-STeP
Jun 10, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

NC-STeP-Peds expands access to mental health care for children

Youth across the state now have better access to mental health services as part of the expansion of the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP), an initiative of East Carolina...

Dr. Nathan Hudson, center, explores the exciting fields of molecular biophysics and biomedical physics with undergraduate and graduate students in his research lab. (Contributed photo)
Jun 10, 2024
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU students and faculty work to explain blood clot formation and disease

East Carolina University’s Dr. Nathan Hudson is leading research to better understand how blood clots form, what impacts degradation of clots and new ways to attack them to help improve...

Jun 06, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

Cancer researcher advances to NCBiotech Venture Challenge finals

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center, a partner of East Carolina University, held its second regional NC Biotech Venture Challenge on May 23. The semifinal pitch competition with teams representing North...

May 23, 2024
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU researcher approved for NCInnovation funding for promising melanoma treatment

NCInnovation NCInnovation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation focused on supporting North Carolina public university research that has commercial promise. NCInnovation deploys funding, mentors and support services so that university proofs-of-concept...

May 22, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

Healthier Lives initiative delivers training, addresses needs

Health care providers of East Carolina University’s Healthier Lives initiative in the Brody School of Medicine continue to use the program to address health care needs for children in rural...

May 09, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Nursing students partner though simulation to care for psychiatric patients

Dr. Tawny Tseng could never predict her path to becoming an East Carolina University nursing professor. A Seattle native, she was a jazz singer and then a dance teacher before...