Event focuses on causes, cure of obesity in African-Americans
GREENVILLE — The public is invited to attend the second annual Jean Mills African-American Health Symposium to be held Friday, Feb. 10. The event will focus on causes and...
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Eastern AHEC receives $326,713 from Duke Endowment for school mental health project
GREENVILLE — The Eastern Area Health Education Center will expand its school mental health project with a grant of $181,853 recently awarded by The Duke Endowment. Another grant of...
ECU faculty member awarded $1.4 million NIH grant to study dizziness, imbalance
An East Carolina University associate professor has been awarded a five-year, $1.4 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her study into the role genes may...
Ensley elected to three-year term on North Carolina Humanities Council
East Carolina University faculty member Donald E. Ensley has been elected to a three-year term on the North Carolina Humanities Council. Ensley is assistant vice chancellor for community engagement at...
National bariatric nursing conference to be held Nov. 6-8 in Asheville
The second annual meeting and conference of the National Association of Bariatric Nurses will be held Nov. 6-8 in Asheville. The conference will provide educational and networking opportunities for nurses...
SpeechEasy device to be featured on national TV
SpeechEasy, a device developed by three East Carolina University researchers to aid fluency in stutterers, will be featured Friday on the NBC-TV program "Three Wishes." The show, which grants wishes...
New Orleans physician discusses Hurricane Katrina disaster at 2005 Trauma Symposium
A New Orleans physician will discuss his recent experience with Hurricane Katrina during the second annual Eastern Regional Trauma Symposium Friday, Oct. 7 at the Greenville Hilton. About 175 people...
Nurse midwives honored during commemorative week
Local nurse midwives will join others across the United States to celebrate National Midwifery Week, Oct. 2-8. In Greenville and Pitt County, there are 16 nurse midwives working in private...
ECU research team publishes findings on breast self exam
Three East Carolina University researchers who have conducted long-term surveys with eastern North Carolina women found that proper breast self examinations are not uniformly understood or practiced. The findings, published...
ECU’s School of Nursing receives grant to partner with area military bases to increase the number of men in nursing
The School of Nursing at East Carolina University has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the NC Center for Nursing to partner with area military bases to increase the number...