PEDIATRIC CAMPS REOPEN
In a picturesque setting with the signature outdoor features of eastern North Carolina — water, pines, a stretch of blue sky — children living with health care challenges are spending...
Medical Archives
FIGHTING CANCER
A compound developed by an associate professor at East Carolina University could lead to more effective skin cancer treatments. Dr. Rukiyah Van Dross-Anderson, a faculty member in the Brody School of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology...
Biotechnology center grant funds cancer compound research
A compound developed by an associate professor at East Carolina University could lead to more effective skin cancer treatments. Dr. Rukiyah Van Dross-Anderson, a faculty member in the Brody School of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology...
CONNECTING PAST & PRESENT
Living through a pandemic isn't just the stuff of history books anymore. Now, visitors to the country’s oldest museum dedicated to rural health care can connect on a more personal...
ECU researcher lands featured journal cover story
East Carolina University research instructor Tracey Woodlief made the cover of the journal Toxics for her work with the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology’s DeWitt Lab researching the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also...
ECU, VIDANT TO CLINICALLY INTEGRATE
East Carolina University will move toward full clinical integration with Vidant Health and the creation of a distinctive health system brand – ECU Health or similar branding – to serve...
ECU cardiologist earns national award for outstanding work in science and medicine
Dr. Blase Carabello has been awarded the 2020-2021 Harriet P. Dustan Award for Outstanding Work in Science as Related to Medicine from the American College of Physicians (ACP). Carabello is...
EARLY DETECTION
East Carolina University’s successful wastewater testing program for COVID-19 has paused for the summer but will start again when students return to campus in August. “The wastewater program was an...
MAPPING COVID-19
When limited resources prevent everyone from having immediate access to COVID-19 vaccines, how do you determine who needs them most urgently? Where are they located? How can you get the...
ECU medical, dental students named 2021-22 N.C. Schweitzer Fellows
Eight students in the Division of Health Sciences at East Carolina University have been named to the 2021-22 cohort of North Carolina Schweitzer Fellows. Four students from ECU’s Brody School...