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Oct 13, 2023
  • Department of Public Health

Dr. Doyle “Skip” Cummings earns Bernstein Award

ECU public health professor Dr. Doyle “Skip” Cummings received the 2023 Jim Bernstein Community Health Career Achievement Award Oct. 4....more

Mar 28, 2022
  • Department of Public Health

Dr. Sinan Sousan published two journal articles related to secondhand electronic cigarette exposure

Dr. Sinan Sousan published two journal articles related to secondhand electronic cigarette exposure. The first paper titled “Laboratory Determination of Gravimetric Correction Factors for Real-time Area Measurements of Electronic Cigarette...

Feb 04, 2022
  • Department of Public Health

Call for Proposals for the 17th Annual Jean Mills Health Symposium

Call for Proposals for the  17th Annual Jean Mills Health Symposium 2022 Meeting Theme: The impact of race and racial disparities on the physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of minoritized...

Jan 21, 2022
  • Department of Public Health

Grocery shopping in-store vs. online: 5 questions with Dr. Stephanie Pitts

Dr. Stephanie Jilcott Pitts's study that compares online and in-store grocery shopping was featured in ECUs news services. https://news.ecu.edu/.../grocery-shopping-in-store-vs.../

Jan 17, 2022
  • Department of Public Health

Dr. Huabin Luo published “Oral Health, Diabetes, and Inflammation: Effects of Oral Hygiene Behaviour”

Dr. Huabin Luo published a paper titled “Oral Health, Diabetes, and Inflammation: Effects of Oral Hygiene Behaviour.” in the International Dental Journal. The paper discusses diabetes and poor oral health...

Oct 28, 2021
  • Department of Public Health

Dr. Sousan featured in WRAL news “HVAC systems could be key to detecting COVID-19 indoors, according to ECU research”

Dr. Sousan and Dr. Rachel Roper were featured in WRAL local news “HVAC systems could be key to detecting COVID-19 indoors, according to ECU research”: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/hvac-systems-could-be-key-to-detecting-covid-19-indoors-according-to-ecu-research/19947893/?version=amp The interview discusses their...

Oct 25, 2021
  • Department of Public Health

Dr. Sousan Publishes a New Interdisciplinary Article in the American Journal of Infection Control

Dr. Sousan and Dr. Rachel Roper published a paper titled “SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Air Samples from Inside Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems- COVID Surveillance in Student Dorms” in...

Sep 28, 2021
  • Department of Public Health

Dr. Pokhrel Inducted Into 23rd Educators Hall of Fame

As a seasoned educator and researcher who brought decades of teaching experience to East Carolina University (ECU) to support the newly established Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Environmental and Occupation...

Jul 19, 2021
  • Department of Public Health

Dr. Sousan publishes a new interdisciplinary article in the Journal of Environmental Pollution

Dr. Sousan, Dr. Iverson, and Dr. Humphrey have published a paper titled “High-frequency assessment of air and water quality at a concentration animal feeding operation during wastewater application to spray...

Jun 21, 2021
  • Department of Public Health

Dr. Sousan has a new paper published in the Journal of Sensors

Dr. Sinan Sousan’s lab, in collaboration with Dr. Yoo Min Park (Dept. of Geography), has published a paper titled “Laboratory Evaluation of Low-Cost Optical Particle Counters for Environmental and Occupational...