Rob Spahr Archives

A new bilateral agreement between ECU and Pitt Community College could help increase access to one of North Carolina’s “most valuable and sought-after credentials.” (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 28, 2018
  • ECU News Services
  • Rob Spahr

ECU, PCC AGREEMENT

The College of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University is the only school in North Carolina to offer an accredited undergraduate program in health information management. And there were...

Mar 23, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BUILDING HEALTHIER FAMILIES

Annie Andrews’s doctor said she needed to lose weight, but that wasn’t a simple request for the Parmele resident. “Some of the ingredients I needed (for healthier recipes), I couldn’t...

Dr. Phil Boyer speaks to the Brody School of Medicine Class of 2018.
Mar 19, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

STRING OF PEARLS

Each year, on the eve of finding out where they matched for their residency training, graduating medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine select a group of their professors...

Mar 19, 2018
  • Angela Todd
  • Rob Spahr
  • Spaine Stephens

A perfect match

Mar 07, 2018
  • ECU News Services
  • Rob Spahr

BETTER HEALTH DATA, FOR LESS

A regional program that will provide not-for-profit hospitals and county health departments in eastern North Carolina with better health data at a lower cost officially kicked off Tuesday. Approximately 100...

Mar 06, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

FUNDING FOR RESEARCH OF RARE DISEASE

Researchers at East Carolina University have received more than $840,000 in grant funding since June to continue their studies of a rare disease that can lead to a fatal form...

Research by Dr. Jitka Virag, an associate professor in the Department of Physiology at the Brody School of Medicine at ECU.
Feb 27, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

STAT MADNESS

Imagine that someone suffering from a heart attack could have their life saved by the administration of a protein instead of having to undergo a stent placement or heart transplant...

Dr. Mark Stacy awarded $2.6 million in funding for faculty-generated initiatives from the start-up package he received when he became the dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 21, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BUILDING A BETTER BRODY

When Dr. Mark Stacy was interviewing to be the next dean of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, he got the sense that it was an institution that had learned to...

Dr. Tommy Ellis, medical director for ECU Physicians’ Firetower Medical Office, discusses educational materials on diabetes with a patient. (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Feb 06, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

PROJECT CORE

Getting an appointment to see a medical specialist can be a lengthy and costly process for patients. The high demand for appointments, coupled with the limited number of available specialists,...