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The health of eastern North Carolinians lags behind the rest of the state. Early deaths because of accidents are 40 percent higher than elsewhere in the state; stroke, 38 percent higher; diabetes, 28 percent; and heart disease, 23 percent. The article discusses the work of Dr. Christopher J. Mansfield, director of the Center for Health Services Research and Development, in seeking to understand this problem.
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25708
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Dr. R. Martin Roop II, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at East Carolina, is examining how Brucella works in order to prepare a vaccine against this potential biological weapon.
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25709
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The Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center, jointly supported by ECU’s Brody School of Medicine and Pitt County Memorial Hospital, has become the site for testing a new field of photodynamic therapy.
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25710
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Dr. Walter Pories, a founding chairman of the East Carolina School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery, is being honored with the UNC Board of Governors highest honor, the O. Max Gardner Award for his innovations in animal nutrition and the treatment of obesity and diabetes with the gastric bypass surgical method.
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25711
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The East Carolina University Geology Department has landed a huge project—to decipher 10,000 years of coastal North Carolina evolution. In conjunction with state and federal researchers, ECU geologists are attempting to better understand short and long term drivers of coastal change.
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25712
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Various projects at East Carolina University are exploring ways to improve the public education system. Options include training teachers, improving mentoring programs, and adding academic competition.
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25713
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Dr. Paul Cunningham, chair of the East Carolina University and Medical Center Institutional Review Board explains the ethics and responsibilities required in working with human subjects in research, and how ECU works to prevent unwanted consequences.
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25714
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Students and professors at East Carolina University are chronicling the 25 year journey through slavery and beyond of one Allen Parker.
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25715
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East Carolina history professor Dr. Roger Biles has previously studied the New Deal, the Depression era, and other issues that have affected major urban areas. Now, Biles is turning his attention to the towns that tobacco built.
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25716
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Centered at East Carolina, The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute has received a $3 million grant to establish the Southeast Coastal Center for Agromedicine, to promote health and safety for workers and communities in agricultural, forestry and fisheries industries.
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25717
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The new Center for Geographic Information Science at East Carolina University utilizes the latest GIS hardware and software, uses and produces the most contemporary databases, and trains students for entry into this cutting edge field.
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5096
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In 2000, two start-up companies that will develop and market East Carolina University technology were incorporated. One is Janus Development Group, which will develop technological devices to assist individuals with disabilities. Sequoiah, the second company, will develop a wireless, Internet-based system to maintain and analyze medical records.
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5097
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Tinsley Yarbrough, professor of political science at East Carolina University, has written eight books on the United States Supreme Court. In an interview with Edge magazine, he discusses his views on the federal court, including the 2000 national election decision.
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5116
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In October 2000, Paul Tardif received the East Carolina University Career Award for Research and Creative Activity and the title of distinguished research professor. Tardif's career spans over three decades and extends far beyond the university's environs. Among his accomplishments are playing the Kennedy Center honors for twenty years, touring with Tony Bennett, several Presidential inaugurals, and numerous solo and ensemble performances.
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5118
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For the past two decades, East Carolina University's Maritime History Program, founded by Dr. William Still, has researched Civil War shipwrecks in such far-flung places as coastal North Carolina, France, Bermuda, and Micronesia. The writer discusses dive sites and what has been learned from them.
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