PATIENTS AS TEACHERS
Ernestine Wilkins couldn’t recall having ever won anything — until Brody School of Medicine student Shahzeb Khan chose to honor her for the impact she had on his path as...
Medical Archives
Graduate student earns ECU’s first Schweitzer Fellowship in public health
Graduate student Gabriel Beattie-Sergio has earned ECU’s first-ever Schweitzer Fellowship in public health, to create and sustain a project aimed at determining and eliminating different factors that contribute to childhood...
IMPROVING QUALITY OF CARE
A surgical oncologist at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine was recently awarded a grant aimed at improving the care provided to breast cancer patients across the region. Dr. Jan Wong...
ECU WINS NATIONAL COMPETITION
In a nationwide contest searching for the “best innovations in science and medicine” – out of a field of more than 64 prestigious institutions, including Harvard, Stanford, Yale and MIT...
BRODY RECEIVES NATIONAL PRAISE
In 2013, 80 percent of the nation’s medical schools applied for grant funding through the American Medical Association’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative. East Carolina University’s Brody School of...
Brody School of Medicine names vice dean of operations
East Carolina University (ECU) has named a new vice dean of operations for the Brody School of Medicine. Dr. Peter Schmidt will begin serving as Brody’s second in command on...
BEAR HUGS
East Carolina University’s TEDI BEAR Child Advocacy Center was recently awarded a landmark $1.2 million grant to further its efforts in aiding adolescent victims of abuse. The grant comes from...
BUILDING HEALTHIER FAMILIES
Annie Andrews’s doctor said she needed to lose weight, but that wasn’t a simple request for the Parmele resident. “Some of the ingredients I needed (for healthier recipes), I couldn’t...
'Death and Diversity in Civil War Medicine' explains the disparity of mortality
The American Civil War occurred during a time when medicine was just beginning to make great strides. Contemporary doctors did not fully understand the origin of disease, the importance of hygiene,...
Dean emeritus receives medal for contributions to medical profession
Dr. Paul Cunningham, dean emeritus of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, was recently honored in New York City for his contributions to the medical profession and...