For Dr. Jason Higginson, the appeal of military service was never about rank and ribbons. It was about purpose — the same principle that drives the mission of East Carolina...
On a chilly afternoon earlier this month, the Club Level at Dowdy-Ficklin Stadium looked less like a football venue and more like a chamber of commerce affair. Faculty filed in...
In the halls of most U.S. medical schools, the average student is 24 years old, still fresh from their last commencement and laser-focused on a career in medicine. But at...
At East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, the annual scholarship celebration is more than a recognition of financial aid — it’s an incantation of the transformative power of generosity...
As they approached the front doors together but separate on Day 1 of orientation at the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Alissa Davis and Jake Richardson had matching...
The vision for the state-of-the-art technology in the Center for Medical Education (CME) at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine came into better focus this month thanks to a...
Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the U.S. Stroke is No. 4. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a leading risk factor for both, and in...
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is a school on a mission — to increase the supply of primary care physicians in North Carolina, particularly those who...
For newly diagnosed sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, the outlook has never been brighter. There are two cures for the congenital condition, bone marrow transplantation and gene therapy, though these...
It began with a lump of clay. For a happy moment, five second-year medical students and five Master of Fine Arts degree seekers sat smacking and squeezing their formless medium...