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A van from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine travels through rural eastern North Carolina enroute to providing free health screenings and COVID-19 vaccines to patients in underserved communities.
Nov 17, 2022
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  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
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RURAL HEALTH DAY 2022

Beginning in 2010, organizations across the United States have reserved the third Thursday in November to celebrate National Rural Health Day and highlight unique challenges residents of rural communities face...

The School of Dental Medicine’s community service learning center in Spruce Pine is one of eight such centers in rural areas across the state, where students gain valuable patient experiences.
Nov 17, 2022
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RURAL DENTAL INNOVATION

Mount Airy, North Carolina, sits three miles south of the Virginia state line, a community of 10,000 so prototypical of Southern charm that it’s accepted as the basis for the...

Oct 21, 2022
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BIOENERGETICS TO BEDSIDE

A researcher in the Brody School of Medicine has joined forces with a Brody/ECU Health surgical oncologist on a two-year, $200,000 Department of Defense Melanoma Research Program funded project that...

Dr. Suzanne Lazorick, left, professor of pediatrics and chair of the Department of Public Health at the Brody School of Medicine, discusses rural adolescent activity research with Brody student Sina Kazemzadeh, center, and Brody alumna and ECU Health resident Dr. Chloe Opper.
Oct 13, 2022
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LET’S GET PHYSICAL

A student in the Brody School of Medicine and a pediatric resident at ECU Health have published their research on physical activity in adolescents attending rural schools. Their findings suggest...

Oct 06, 2022
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Sickle cell disease conference brings patients, providers together to learn, advocate

The inaugural Tate Holbrook Annual Sickle Cell Disease Update brought patients, providers and experts together Sept. 30 at the East Carolina Heart Institute to share information on history, treatments, impact...

ECU Brody School of Medicine assistant professor Dr. Karen Litwa was named the recipient of a $1.2 million research grant from the National Science Foundation for her research into brain development.
Aug 30, 2022
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RESEARCH CAREER AWARD

An East Carolina University researcher has earned a National Science Foundation Career Award for $1.2 million over five years to study synapse formation in brain development, which is vital to...

Aug 12, 2022
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ECU leads blood pressure clinical trial using home monitoring, team approach

Researchers at East Carolina University will lead a five-year randomized clinical trial aimed at improving blood pressure control in rural and urban patients using targeted home-based monitoring and telehealth and...

Jul 28, 2022
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ECU School of Dental Medicine awards first endowed professorship

Dr. Michael Webb was named the inaugural recipient of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Jasper L. Lewis, Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Dentistry during a July 21...

ECU occupational therapy students practice guiding patients through life tasks in the College of Allied Health’s simulated apartment, where students use hands-on approaches to learn occupational therapy skills.
Jul 26, 2022
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DOCTOR OF OT

East Carolina University’s College of Allied Health Sciences is set to offer a doctoral degree program in occupational therapy — the first at any public university in the state. “As...

Jul 22, 2022
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Brody School of Medicine dean named to AAMC’s Board of Directors

Dr. Michael Waldrum, dean of East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and chief executive officer of ECU Health, has been named to the board of directors of the Association...