Student: Adam Butler
The doctors and nurses who took care of Adam Butler when he was a little boy left a lasting impression. Butler, a senior majoring in public health at East Carolina...
Medical Archives
ECU collaborators, students study pathogen that affects animals, humans
East Carolina University faculty members are collaborating on research that could eventually lead to development of a drug or vaccine to fight bacteria that can infect farm animals and people....
ECU-led COVID-19 survey now open to Pitt County participants
Phase One of the Pitt County Community Prevention and COVID-19 Testing Study, or Pitt County ComPACT Study, is now under way, and project leaders are seeking participants in Pitt County....
VIRTUAL SIMULATION
As East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine prepares future medical professionals, it relies on the Office of Clinical Simulation to provide lifelike patient scenarios for students. However, with coronavirus...
Standardized patients continue helping ECU health sciences students learn despite COVID
For 15 years, Ann Flake has helped students across the East Carolina University Division of Health Sciences practice their clinical skills—and the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t changed that. Flake serves as...
POST-PANDEMIC CARE
Mental health care will become more critical during the COVID-19 pandemic and after it subsides, says one East Carolina University psychiatrist. Through the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP) based...
Faculty: Dr. Holly Wei
Dr. Holly Wei is a magician. And as an associate professor in East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, she is teaching her students to become magicians themselves. “When I was...
Talk Like a Pirate: As country reopens, COVID-19 cases rise
The majority of the United States has “reopened” following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. However, since Memorial Day weekend, COVID-19 cases have been on the rise. “The slope of the curve...
Study examines how LGBT communities view health risks
While a majority of LGBT members rate HIV and AIDS as the most serious health issues today, researchers at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
ECU medical students resume clinical rotations for the first time since COVID-19
Medical students at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine recently returned to clinical rotations for the first time since rotations were halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Third-and-fourth year...