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25698
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Dr. George Bissinger is poised to united science and art, using the elements of geometry and physics to predict sound in order to build the perfect violin.
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25699
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Dr. I. Randolph Daniel, Jr., assistant professor of anthropology at East Carolina, is using ancient stone tools to trace the trail of the first inhabitants of North Carolina.
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25700
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Dr. Randolph W. Chitwood, Jr. chairs the Department of Surgery at the East Carolina University School of Medicine and Pitt County Memorial Hospital. Chitwood has built the cardiovascular surgery program from the ground up, and has become an international pioneer in minimally invasive heart surgery with the use of robotics.
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25701
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Dr. Ronald Hoag, a professor in the Department of English, is the leading scholar on the works of Henry David Thoreau and his legacy.
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25702
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Researchers at East Carolina University are exposing the complex connections between non-insulin dependent diabetes and obesity through procedures such as gastric bypass surgery.
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25703
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Dr. Patricia F. Lindsey spends her summers at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Her research employs virtual reality as a design tool, allowing users to experience a prototype environment to create the best possible setting for medical or elderly care.
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25704
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Drs. David Griffith and Jeffrey Johnson, leading social scientists contributing to fisheries management, have turned their expertise to examine the problems arising from coastal development.
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25705
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East Carolina University School of Medicine faculty are examining whether telemedicine provides the same quality of medical care as a physical visit to a doctor; early research shows that it is.
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25706
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Associate professor of music at East Carolina, Mark Ford is making music fun through a mixture of mellow and mirth sounds. In directing the ECU Percussion Ensemble and the student-based professional steel drum band, Panama Steel, Ford inspires students to not only entertain but also connect with the audience.
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25707
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In the national movement to improve care and services for children with emotional issues, East Carolina University researchers are leading the way through a project called Pitt Edgecombe Nash-Public Academic Liaison (PEN-PAL). The project brings together multi-agency service providers, communities, and families for a seamless system of care for over 400 children who suffer with issues such as attention deficit disorder, anxiety, depression, and oppositional defiant disorder.
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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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