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 Future docs develop skills at ropes course
Activities at the ropes course strengthened critical thinking and teamwork skills May 14 for participants in the annual eight-week Summer Program for Future Doctors at East Carolina University. The intensive educational program is aimed at college students and recent graduates pursuing a career as a physician. The program provides a taste of the social, academic and emotional demands students will face in the medical school curriculum. View slideshow...
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 Testifies before Congressional Subcommittee
ECU’s director of the Center for Sustainable Tourism, Pat Long, spoke before a Congressional Subcommittee this week on the topic, “Where the Jobs Are – Promoting Tourism to America.” Long spoke on rural tourism and sustainability in the tourism ecomony before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, Committee on Energy and Commerce in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more/see video...
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 Forecast: Obesity rates on the rise
A new report released May 8 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has predicted that up to 42 percent of Americans will suffer from obesity by 2030, with an increase as well in the number of citizens who are severely obese. ECU professor Kimberly Heidal in the Department of Nutrition Science is an expert on obesity and can speak on its effects. Contact Heidal. Read ABC news story that outlines the CDC Obesity report.
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 Surgeon studying bioengineered veins
Physicians at East Carolina University and Yale University are working together to engineer blood vessels that could be used in coronary artery bypass surgery. Dr. Alan P. Kypson of ECU and Dr. Laura Niklason of Yale are working to expand previous research they have done on tissue-engineered blood vessels. Their research is funded by a four-year, $2.34 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Read more...
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