Medical Archives

Dec 17, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Dr. Michael Warren leads March of Dimes’ plan of action against premature births

Is medical school the place for big-picture topics like population health and public policy? Opinions differ, and many satisfied students say they did not get such training. Dr. Michael Warren...

Two teenagers sit looking at a computer screen while a medical student points and appears to explain something.
Dec 11, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Hands-on anatomy broadens horizons for eastern North Carolina high schoolers

On the seventh floor of the Brody School of Medicine, in the pathology lab space, Rachel Smith stood in scrubs and nitrile gloves and lifted a dissected aorta, then a...

A bearded middle-aged man, smiling, stands in his white coat and signature bow tie before a U.S. flag and, separately, crossed swords wall art.
Dec 02, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Upon retirement, a Navy captain charts a course expanding physician training in eastern North Carolina

For Dr. Jason Higginson, the appeal of military service was never about rank and ribbons. It was about purpose — the same principle that drives the mission of East Carolina...

Nov 25, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Neuroscience symposium links students, scientists and innovation

On a bright Halloween day, researchers from East Carolina University and institutions across the state gathered for the 27th annual ECU Neuroscience Symposium to show off their work to fight...

Six medical students of different sexes, ages and races sit on and stand beside a stretcher that’s in front of a Pitt County ambulance.
Nov 20, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Older medical students have grays, sure, but grit

In the halls of most U.S. medical schools, the average student is 24 years old, still fresh from their last commencement and laser-focused on a career in medicine. But at...

Nov 17, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Scholarships top $1M, ease debt, light way for medical students

At East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, the annual scholarship celebration is more than a recognition of financial aid — it’s an incantation of the transformative power of generosity...

Nov 13, 2025
  • Ronnie Woodward

Authors recognized for scholarly contributions

East Carolina University’s libraries formally recognized ECU authors during a two-day span, hosting a ceremony on Health Sciences Campus and then a Main Campus ceremony the following day. “This enriches...

A young, smiling couple stretches to hold hands in front of white pillars in a cupola.
Nov 05, 2025
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Brody School of Medicine a matchmaker

As they approached the front doors together but separate on Day 1 of orientation at the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Alissa Davis and Jake Richardson had matching...

Oct 27, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Ronnie Woodward

Interprofessional event recognizes housekeepers’ role in health care

Over two days in late September, more than 500 East Carolina University students gathered to consider the importance of all members of the health care team — learning from those...

Architectural rendering of the east view of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, showing a landscaped walkway with trees, seating areas and people walking near a modern glass and brick building.
Oct 21, 2025
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Center for Medical Education gains golden support

The vision for the state-of-the-art technology in the Center for Medical Education (CME) at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine came into better focus this month thanks to a...

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