July 1983 1. The first Ph.D. 2. ECU, city schools develop honors science program 3. For the graduates, a week to remeber 4. Now the real work starts 5. A North Carolina doctor in Cambodia August 1983 1. Stress and the family physician 2. Hospital to be designated emergency center 3. ECU researchers hunting for stinging insects 4. School of Medicine awards first geriatrics fellowship 5. Fetal tracing system moves info, not patient 6. Laupus to head national group September 1983 1. Course work: The curriculum gets an overhaul 2. the 28th transplant 3. Haller has part in Reye syndrome study October-Novermber 1983 1. Marsha's story 2. Misperceptions cloud image of Family Practice Center 3. DEC to direct Martin pre-school project

January 1984 1. Equipment gift opens new field of research 2. Outpatient Center now offers clinic for teen-agers 3. Palade calls for more M.D. investigators 4. New department slowly gaining identity February 1984 1. Ronald McDonald House coming to city 2. Learning family medicine out in the country 3. Discovery results in salmonellay test 4. Beating the smoking habit with Bowyer 5. CMC trio making their mark in computer graphics March 1984: 1. What future, health care? 2. A transcontinental job swap 3. A glassy-eyed look at America's 'great binge' 4. Casualties of the micro-computer revolution April 1984 1. Thornton to speak at SOM convocation 2. New laboratory saves money, spurs research 3. CSO host students in opportunity program 4. Med school to go on-line with new computer link-up 5. Learning the business of medicine 6. Fine needle procedure an asset in diagnosis June 1984 1. Change, growth mark '84 class 2. And then there were two 3. Thornton tells grads to put patients first 4. From Juarez, with love July 1984 1. Cardiac surgery to begin in July 2. Tough residency prepared surgeon 3. New Study evaluates gastric bypass surgery 4. Psychiatrists help children cope with effects of tornado 5. Rights of mentally retarded examined in new faculty book 6. Helicopter service planned 7. Jones named ob/gyn Chair August 1984 1. Regional geriatrics facility planned 2. Improving health care for migrant children 3. Physicians group confronts issues of nuclear war 4. Summer fellowship program aids high school teachers September 1984 1. New curriculum study looks at cost-containment issues 2. Uncommon grounds 3. Class of 1988 - a profile 4. Med school helps city with wellness project October 1984 1. AMA heads rips Medicare rules 2. Major project targets Type II diabetes 3. HST&D, Getting a handle on health care in the East 4. D-I-V-O-R-C-E spells a new American revolution 5. Family members suffer, cope with Alzheimer's Disease tragedy 6. University expands program in biotechnology training State approval sought for two SOM building projects November-December 1984 1. Report calls for major changes in medical education 2. new cell sorter expected to enhance medical research 3. Laupus on GPEP 4. How are you feeling today? 5. Professionals must come to terms with the incest taboo 6. New donor apheresis unit opens in Outpatient Center

January 1985 1. Computer matching service: Program finds places for doctors 2. Honors program an 'adventrue in science' 2. Pharmacology awards Ph.D. 3. Diabetic recalls offer she couldn't refuse 4. new associate dean to work in program development, education February 1985 1. 'Spring Fling' to aid Ronald House 2. Electronic tech a silent partner in research 3. Doctor-philosopher favors reporting medical negligence 4. Helicopter ambulance serice points toward early April start-up 5. Med School, N.C. Eye Bank join forces in recovery effort March 1985 1. DeBakey to speak at convocation 2. Study links pesticide to immune hazard 3. A life's work honored 4. Match day '85 April 1985 1. States lining up for share of 'new science' 2. Debakey's genius both technical, conceptual 3. Surgeon advocates move to more kidney transplants 4. Pilot in love with 'magic' of helicopter flight 5. Hospital lab begins screening blood for AIDS July 1985 1. Bruschi's project bound for space 2. Brody scholars named from class of 1989 3. DeBakey says high medical costs inevitable 4. One student's journey 5. Chairman named for new clinical department 6. Cardiac surgery marks first year, begins congenital program 7. Brinn gets new diabetes grant 8. 300-liter fermenter to brew benefits in biotechnology August 1985 1. School to mark 10th anniversary 2. Aids expected to increase in Eastern N.C. 3. Anyone for shot put? 4. Advoctes spreading healthy messages in the East 5. School opens health center for teens September 1985 1. Open house, picnic highlight anniversary 2. Leo Jenkins: The man who said 'why not?' 3. Students find financial aid and more at new office 4. Paul Mehne appointed associate dean October 1985 1. Laupus assesses the first decade 2. New microbiology chairman envisions program growth 3. British exchange students return to the 'colonies' November 1985 1. ECU tabbed for geriatrics project 2. Laser illuminates new approaches to surgery 3. Researchers use microcomputers to study heart ventricle motion December 1985 1. A special program for special kids 2. Northern med school dean keeps bottom line in mind 3. An interview with Dr. S. Claus 4. Anyone for outer space? 5. Healthier moms, babies is new group's goal 6. Expansion seen for Health Sciences Library

October 1986 1. AMA seeks malpractice reform 2. Researchers seek longer life for platelets 3. Honor code reflects ethics of medicine 4. Bell calls users library's heart 5. Library's new system siplifies tasks 6. Med school lends help to 2 comunities 7. Five doctors participate in geriatric fellowship November 1986 1. Girls fare better as latchkey kids 2. Computers help officers keep Brody safe 3. Radiologist shares expertise in China December 1986 1. NIH to award ECU a $2.55-million grant for diabetes research 2. Dodson wins Russell Drake Award for drawings 3. Use of children in research still questioned 4. SNMA spreads goodwill, cheer 5. Mary Faison talks about life with a vision 6. Root medicine discussed in a clinical setting 7. Wilson couple gets kidney transplants at ECU

January 1987 *See December 1986* February 1987 1. EastCare crew prepares to resume flights following Jan. crash 2. Cooperative ventures: A new resource for researchers 3. Post-Polio Syndrome victims treated at new clinic 4. OPS opens new office in Brody 5. Adult day care center awarded $131,106 by Reynolds' Trust May-June 1987 1. Put care back into medicine says Pories 2. Telethon labeled "bigger, better" 3. Twain follows path of double visions 4. First Research Day yields myriad of findings March-April 1987 1. ECU gets $2.55 million for diabetes research 2. ECU surgery team makes strides in cardiac services 3. Seminar aimed at elevating morale in future doctors 4. Changes sought in residency match process 5. Black women physicians' history is hidden, says archivist 6. Organ transplants increase; ethic, morals pondered 7. Health Promotions Office offers 'people message' October 1987 1. 6 SOM students get medical scholarships 2. ECU re-establishes Heath Science Division 3. ECU transplant programs give secon chance to patients November 1987 1. CME keeps pace with physicians' quest for scientific knowledge 2. Cardiac program to take aim at high-cholesterol diets 3. Laupus, family saluted at banquet, symposium 4. Laupus declares yearlong moratorium on animal use in labs December 1987 1. Dean's search committee named; Norris appointed chairman 2. Spock backs child-rearing with friendly, unscolding approach 3. Study to explore dietary needs of children with sickle cell disease

February-March 1988 1. Austin named chief of cadiac surgery 2. Pathologist's job: Blend of doctor, detective 3. Area women learn of breast cancer risks April 1988 1. Coffey to address class of 1988 2. Biotechnology building to house multi-disciplinary research projects 3. Doctors get duel training in physical, psychological disorders 4. Computers simplify Match process; students welcome change May-June 1988 1. Resistant tumor cells focus of Nyce's study 2. Aging to challenge future doctors, Coffey syas 3. MRI: Sophisticated diagnostic tool provides non-invasive scans July-August 1988 1. Biotechnology Building opening: A shared occasion 2. Search narrows for new SOM dean 3. Lannin to study why rural women tend to delay cancer treatment 4. Patient visits nearly double at ECU Outpatient Center 5. CSO summer programs prepare students for medical training September 1988 1. Hallock assumes post as medical school dean 2. Jones elected AMA student speaker 3. ECU shares N.C. Biotechonology Center's aims 4. Blades' neighborliness draws him to community affairs October-November 1988 1. SOM Research: Peterson gets $115,000 for Alzheimer's Disease study 2. Cocaine's effects on infants focus of SOM study 3. Jones becomes 41st AAFP president; Monroe, Blair get honors 4. Outpatient clinic keys on ailments of performing artists 5. AMA president calls for allocations reform 6. Kopelman challenges students to think critically 7. Wiley to head Radiation Oncology Center December 1988 1. ECU performs autologous bone marrow transplant 2. Rahman to study alcohol's effects on hypertension medication 3. Mutant surf doctors' football hopes scuttled 4. Barnes shares cheerfulness with students, staffers

February- March 1989 1. Pharmacist targets elderly's drug needs 2. Ways to seek alternative treatment for leukemia patients 3. Peer counseling provides bridge over medical students' woes 4. Search under way for Laupus' successor April 1989 1. Adams gets $600,000 grant for herpes simplex study 2. Hallock favors MCAT revisions 3. Family doctors are family advocates, says Bremer May 1989 1. Class of '89 honors Bakerman posthumously 2. Cancer center approved for ECU, PCMH complex 3. Kannon wins top prize for research on skin tumors June 1989 1. Laupus receives Gardner Award 2. Connell named health sciences vice chancellor 3. Thomas gets $1.6 million NIH grant: immunosuppressive drug dependency 4. Ingalls delivers straight facts on personnel matters July/August 1989 1. $888,734 Kellogg grant to support teen health project 2. Camp needles combines diabetes lessons, summer fun 3. Residents' lifestyle: Late night calls, intense training September 1989 1. Diaabetes Center approved for School of Medicine 2. Kasperek to study effects of exercise on muscle protein 3. SOM doctors participate in East's first Medical Hotline 4. Williams' creative talents spruce up SOM's image 5. Cancer Center named for late Leo W. Jenkins October 1989 1. SOM research grants climb by more than $1.1 million 2. Laupus sees crisis in learned professions 3. Medical students help to improve health of homeless 4. Trevathan defends children witih special needs November 1989 1. SOM to use Cherry Hostpital as teaching, training facility 2. Cunningham guided by role models; today , inspires others 3. Jacobs says research results in personal rewards

December 1989 - January 1990 1. SOM physicians use radiation during surgery 2. Diamond to investigate mental illness in youths 3. AMA trustee calls for retention of doctor-patient relationships 4. Students learn Indian culture, refine skills February 1990 1. Accreditation team to rate medical school activites 2. Doctors treat naggin pain at new medical school clinic 3. AOA honor society established at School ov Medicine 4. ECU Diabetes Center mini-grants support new research projects 5. Medical school physicians, students to aid adolescent health center March 1990 1. Medical honor society chartered; 20 inducted 2. Davis, AMA past president, to speak at 1990 Convocation 3. Lessons in healthy lifestyle key to program for diabetics 4. Allison strikes diverse chords to convey healthy messages April/May 1990 1. Grant to fund ECU sugy of novel cancer treatment 2. James succeeds Mathis as psych chair 3. ECU undertakes cancer study 4. Dr. mathis calls it a career

February 1992 1. Alcohol, drug center formed 2. UMC becomes marrow collection site 3. Brinn named anatomy chair 4. Media campaign appeals to teens April-May 1992 1. Med schools to develop new exam 2. Noted novelist is convocation speaker 3. Dattilo recognized for research 4. Wiley's gubernatorial bid short-lived November 1992 1. SOM ranks 1st in primary care 2. Berbecker gift to fund professorship 3. Pediatrician publishes in N.E. Journal, adolescent diabetes. 4. Ob/gyn to offer vitro fertilization 5. AIDS authority to visit next spring 6. Survey: Medical campus buckled up 7. CME program to reach rural doctors 8. Department of Medicine has new chair December 1992-January 1993 1. ECU selected for 'Generalist Initiative' 2. 'Telemedicine' linkage set for testing 3.M-1 class using high-tech 'visual aid' 4. Policy expert foresees changes soon, health care reform March-April 1993 1. 816 Big Switch comein in June 2. Rural residencies to shift locus of training

Jan.-Feb. 1994 1. Med school ranks high in key mission areas 2. Novel training set for health students 3. Rigorous rehab program challenges patients 4. Child labor study points to abuses 5. Research! NC spread hopeful message 6. Learning the ropes... Apr.-May 1994 1. Elders to speak at convocation 2. Allied Health looking at PA program 3. 'It's been a real tiem for learning' 4. First IVF pregnancy recoreded at medical center 5. Mustafa gets new grant for asthma study 6. Buttke's findings suggest possible way to combat AIDS virus 7. The Wonder, The Worry, The Will 8. Accessible, available and affordable