Amy Adams Ellis Archives

Apr 04, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

Five-year Achievement Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity

Dr. S. Raza “Raz” Shaikh, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a member of the East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute (ECDOI) at the Brody...

Fourth-year Brody medical student Demetria Watford learned that she matched with the family medicine residency program at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte during the Brody School of Medicine Match Day ceremony. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 18, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

NEXT STEPS

Today, as fourth-year medical students across the country attended Match Day ceremonies to find out where they will train the next few years as resident physicians, the Brody School of...

Mar 11, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

‘GOING THE EXTRA MILE’

Fifteen clinicians across ECU Physicians have earned national recognition for their skill in providing high-quality care to patients with diabetes. The clinicians received the three-year Diabetes Recognition Program distinction from...

Third-year medical student Kevin Harris (second from left) leads a study session for first-year medical students (from left) Shannon Osborne, Adrian Ambrose and John Hurley. Such leadership is a requirement of students engaged in the Brody School of Medicine’s new Medical Education Distinction Track. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 03, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

RIGHT ON TRACK

A new program at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University encourages medical students to pursue their individual passions and get academic recognition for those pursuits. According to...

From left, Alyssa Adams, Dr. Doyle “Skip” Cummings and Dr. Hope Landrine are on a team of ECU researchers receiving $1.67 million for their participation in a project to improve blood pressure among minorities within the nation’s “Black Belt” region. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Jan 14, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

REDUCING THE RISK

East Carolina University researchers are part of a multi-institutional team receiving a large grant to tackle health disparities related to uncontrolled high blood pressure in the rural South. Boosted by...

Dec 21, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

A Healthy MATCH

School wellness program stretches beyond N.C. Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the...

Nov 24, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

THANKFUL HEARTS

Two families from Mongolia will celebrate their first Thanksgiving this week, grateful their youngest members have each received a second chance for a healthy life. A pair of 20-month-old toddlers...

Oct 07, 2015
  • Alyssa Gutierrez
  • Amy Adams Ellis

SPRINT SUCCESS

East Carolina University has played a leading role in a clinical trial that may change the way health care providers treat high blood pressure. Landmark research involving Brody School of...

Recipients of the Class of 2019 Brody Scholar award are, left to right, Tony Botros, Catherine Thriveni and John Hurley. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 21, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

PURSUING PASSIONS

Three medical students at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the most prestigious scholarship available at the university. Anthony “Tony” Botros, John Hurley and Catherine Thriveni...

Incoming Brody School of Medicine student Pooja Sarin is helped into her white coat by Dr. Susan Schmidt, associate dean for Student Affairs. All 80 new students received a white coat as a gift from the BSOM Alumni Society to recognize their induction into the Brody medical alumni family. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 14, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

‘NEVER THE SAME’

Brody School of Medicine Class of 2019 All 80 students are North Carolina residents. They were selected from 982 applicants and represent 25 counties of residence, from Buncombe in the...