Medical Archives

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...

May 09, 2024
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda

ECU medical school marks 10th annual Medical Education Day

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University held its 10th annual Medical Education Day April 25, celebrating scholarship and innovation in medical education. The event included podium and...

Apr 16, 2024
  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
  • Spaine Stephens
  • University Communications

ECU medical students lead Pirates vs. Cancer fundraiser for pediatric cancer patients

Over the years, students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have personally witnessed the impact of cancer on countless lives. Some have watched loved ones fight...

Apr 09, 2024
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU health sciences students named to newest cohort of N.C. Schweitzer Fellows

Nine East Carolina University Health Sciences students — three in the School of Dental Medicine and six in the Brody School of Medicine — have been named to the 2024-25...

Mar 27, 2024
  • Ken Buday

Faculty: Dr. John Cavanagh

Dr. John Cavanagh didn’t come to science and medicine naturally. “It was a complete fluke,” said Cavanagh, professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the...