TESTED HERE FIRST
An East Carolina University infectious disease specialist at Vidant Medical Center was among the first to trial a new COVID-19 antibody treatment that was granted an emergency use authorization (EUA)...
Natalie Sayewich Archives
60TH ANNIVERSARY
The East Carolina College of Nursing celebrates 60 years of educating Pirate Nurses this fall. The ECU nursing community marked the occasion with a virtual Homecoming and 60th anniversary celebration...
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
As the College of Nursing celebrates 60 years of educating nurses to serve the state of North Carolina and beyond, the National League for Nursing (NLN) has designated it a...
7 Questions With Dr. Kim Stokes: How ECU Will Boost Rural Health Care with $1.2M
A new grant award will be put to work placing more medical providers into the rural areas in which they’re needed. The United States Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)...
FUNDING COVID-19 RESEARCH
East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine will put the CARES Act funding it received from the North Carolina General Assembly toward developing better treatments, advancing vaccine research and minimizing...
MENTAL HEALTH CARE FROM HOME
FREE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES The Navigate Counseling Clinic provides free mental health services for the local community as well as ECU students and employees. Call Navigate at 252-744-0328 for more...
COVID-19 Q&A
As we entered August still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we spoke with three of our faculty experts from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine to get answers to...
ADDRESSING NURSING SHORTAGE
An East Carolina University faculty member who helps Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students conceptualize and strategize their four-semester projects is now on the other side, working on her own...
COVID-19 CLINICAL TRIAL
A new clinical trial headed by an East Carolina University infectious disease specialist at Vidant Medical Center aims to prevent COVID-19 from causing the type of lung damage in patients...
ECU Nursing resumes clinical placements and simulation labs for select programs
The College of Nursing has begun welcoming back students for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic paused clinical placements and other experiential learning exercises – allowing these students to...