Research Archives

Jan 24, 2018

Laupus Library offers guidance on difficult conversations with patients, families

Health care providers are called upon every day to have difficult conversations with patients and family members. When patients become angry or upset, it’s important to know the most effective...

A study of the potential impacts of GenX will test tapwater as well as blood and urine samples from residents exposed to the compound.
Jan 08, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

CONTAMINATION COLLABORATION

Some projects are too important – and cover too many disciplines – for one researcher to tackle alone. That’s why a study of the potential health impacts of GenX on...

Nov 03, 2017
  • Jules Norwood

WORTH THE WAIT

Dr. Maria Torres has remained at East Carolina University for nearly a year since earning her doctorate last December to finish her research project, which has now been published and...

Oct 20, 2017

Invasive species exhibit opens at N.C. Estuarium

East Carolina University biologist April Blakeslee and students in her lab have created a new exhibit on invasive species at the North Carolina Estuarium in Washington. The exhibit will be...

Oct 04, 2017

Project researches community resilience

Jasmine Hayes, a master’s student in East Carolina University’s Department of Public Health, has been awarded funding to study resilience in rural communities following natural disasters. The $10,000 grant from...

Psychiatrist Vivek Anand, right, and research coordinator Janet Benjamin, left, are conducting a study analyzing the brain’s response to smoking imagery.
Sep 28, 2017
  • Jules Norwood

WHY PEOPLE SMOKE

Two years ago, East Carolina University psychiatrist Vivek Anand documented adolescent use of and opinions on electronic cigarettes. Now, he’s pinpointing the mechanisms behind smoking behavior. Anand’s 2015 findings showed...

Sep 26, 2017

Researchers awarded $1.5 million grant to investigate the future of coastal communities

Andy Keeler, professor of economics at East Carolina University and program head for public policy and coastal sustainability at the UNC Coastal Studies Institute, is part of an interdisciplinary team...

Sep 26, 2017

Researchers awarded $1.5 million grant to investigate the future of coastal communities

Andy Keeler, professor of economics at East Carolina University and program head for public policy and coastal sustainability at the UNC Coastal Studies Institute, is part of an interdisciplinary team...

Sep 26, 2017

ECU researchers studying Cadmium disruption of Calcium binding proteins

Researchers at East Carolina University are continuing to study a known toxin and its interaction with Human Cardiac Troponin C (HcTnC), whose normal binding structure with Calcium helps regulate the...

Dr. Darrell Neufer (from left), Dr. John Thyfault and Dr. Chien-Te Lin examine muscle tissue
Sep 25, 2017
  • Jules Norwood

STATINS IN FOCUS

Millions of people in the U.S. take statins, a class of drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart disease and other health problems. Now, researchers at East...