FOOD PANTRY AT BRODY
A new medical food pantry at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine aims to improve the health of patients in the region who lack access to adequate amounts of healthy food....
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BETTER HEALTH DATA, FOR LESS
A regional program that will provide not-for-profit hospitals and county health departments in eastern North Carolina with better health data at a lower cost officially kicked off Tuesday. Approximately 100...
FUNDING FOR RESEARCH OF RARE DISEASE
Researchers at East Carolina University have received more than $840,000 in grant funding since June to continue their studies of a rare disease that can lead to a fatal form...
Kickoff event set for regional program to provide better health data at lower cost
Representatives for dozens of not-for-profit hospitals and county health departments will be on hand March 6 for the kickoff of a regional program aiming to provide its participants with better...
STAT MADNESS
Imagine that someone suffering from a heart attack could have their life saved by the administration of a protein instead of having to undergo a stent placement or heart transplant...
Student: Ebone Evans
Ebone Evans of Durham is a third-year student in the Brody School of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate degree from Winston-Salem State University, majoring in biology. During her time there,...
BUILDING A BETTER BRODY
When Dr. Mark Stacy was interviewing to be the next dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, he got the sense that it was an institution that had learned to...
Dr. Jennifer Arnold of ‘The Little Couple’ encourages ECU students to think big
The star of TLC Network’s, “The Little Couple,” Dr. Jennifer Arnold, was the keynote speaker for East Carolina University’s 2018 North Carolina Civility summit on Saturday, Feb. 17. She encouraged...
PROJECT CORE
Getting an appointment to see a medical specialist can be a lengthy and costly process for patients. The high demand for appointments, coupled with the limited number of available specialists,...
Social determinants of obesity, diabetes addressed at ECU symposium
Does where you live or your level of education make you more prone to obesity and diabetes? These and other social determinants of obesity and diabetes, which are disproportionally affecting...