East Carolina University Health Sciences News

Summer camps�let kids with chronic�illnesses be kids

boydd@ecu.edu (Boug Boyd) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Camp Rainbow, for children with cancer, hemophilia and chronic blood disorders, and Camp Hope, for children with sickle cell disease, began Sunday and will run through Saturday, June 22, at the Don Lee Center on the Neuse River near Arapahoe. The camps are being held simultaneously due to funding shortages.

The Brody School of Medicine receives $1 million�award from AMA

boydd@ecu.edu (Boug Boyd) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

ECU's Brody School of Medicine is one of 11�schools in the nation selected�to receive funding through the American Medical Association's $11 million Accelerating Change in Medical Education Initiative aimed at transforming the way future physicians are trained.

Dental school opens second community service learning center

boydd@ecu.edu (Boug Boyd) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Officials cut the ribbon�on the $3 million, 7,700-square-foot facility at 1161 North Road Street in Elizabeth City with more than 150 people attending the opening of ECU's second community service learning center.

Public health research focuses on increasing access to fresh food

boydd@ecu.edu (Boug Boyd) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Ashley Ronay and Leah Mayo, recent graduates of East Carolina University?s masters of public health program, spent the fall and spring semesters on two projects related to fresh fruits and vegetables. One project examined kids? experiences in a community garden, and the other looked at factors like zoning and how it can impact access to fresh foods in rural eastern North Carolina.

Saeed earns national psychiatry award

boydd@ecu.edu (Boug Boyd) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Dr. Sy Saeed, professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine in the Brody School of Medicine, has been honored with the Administrative Psychiatry Award by the American Psychiatric Association. Saeed also serves as chief of psychiatry for Vidant Medical Center.

New 5K and Fun Run benefits Department of Pediatrics

boydd@ecu.edu (Boug Boyd) — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The first Skedaddle for the Small Fries 5K and One-Mile Fun Run on Saturday, June 8. Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. and the race starts at 8 a.m. at the Town Commons on First Street in Greenville.

Brody School of Medicine repeats as Top Ten Award winner by the American Academy of Family Physicians in promoting primary care

boydd@ecu.edu (Boug Boyd) — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

With 20.9 percent of graduates choosing family medicine residencies, the Brody School of Medicine earned the top spot among the 12 schools that received 2013 Top Ten Awards. This is the third consecutive year that the Brody School of Medicine has earned the Top Ten distinction.

Physical therapy students and faculty members build bicycles for children with disabilities

boydd@ecu.edu (Boug Boyd) — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A group of East Carolina University physical therapy students and faculty members volunteered their time May 17-18 to build and distribute bikes for 20 children with disabilities by participating in a community service project with the local chapter of AMBUCS, American Business Clubs.

Brody School of Medicine student demonstrates new smartphone physical app at conference

boydd@ecu.edu (Boug Boyd) — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Dylan Suttle, who just finished his second year of medical school at East Carolina University, became the patient in a smartphone physical exam in April while attending the TEDMED conference, an annual gathering focusing on health and medicine held in Washington, D.C.

Convocations begin Friday

boydd@ecu.edu (Boug Boyd) — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

More than 575 students from the�Division of Health Sciences are expected to receive degrees at commencement May 10. Convocations will be held Friday and Saturday on campus.