News Archives

Oct 23, 2014
  • David Jones

Dr. Nisha Ganesh is named Interim Division Director of Predoctoral Clinical Education

Nisha F. Ganesh, DDS, has been appointed interim division director of predoctoral clinical education at the ECU School of Dental Medicine. This interim appointment is effective immediately. Dr. Ganesh joined the School...

Oct 22, 2014
  • David Jones

Moving Toward Competency Based Assessment

Student assessment is an important part of the educational process from elementary school through post-graduate programs. Dr. R. Todd Watkins, Jr., associate dean for dental education and informatics, discusses the...

Oct 09, 2014
  • David Jones

Exercise During Pregnancy is a Win Win

When a mom-to-be exercises, her unborn baby benefits. Linda May, assistant professor of anatomy in the School of Dental Medicine, discusses her groundbreaking research on exercise during pregnancy with Dr....

Sep 19, 2014
  • David Jones

My first few weeks of dental school

The Class of 2018 joined the School of Dental Medicine in August. The new cohort rounds out the student body to now include all four classes for the first time...

Sep 08, 2014
  • David Jones

Dental students prepare for practice, serve rural residents

MORE THAN DRILLING & FILLING Dental students prepare for practice, serve rural residents Sept. 8, 2014 By Kathryn Kennedy ECU News Services Most people dread root canals and tooth extractions,...

Aug 20, 2014
  • David Jones

Dr. Robert Foreman is named associate dean for clinical affairs at the ECU School of Dental Medicine

After a national search, Robert R. Foreman, DDS, has been appointed associate dean for clinical affairs at the ECU School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Foreman joined the School of Dental...

Aug 07, 2014
  • David Jones

Patient Care Fund Bridges the Gap

Greenville, North Carolina, businessman, Eddie Smith, Jr., wanted to honor his father’s memory in a special way. The Grady-White Boats manufacturing CEO saw such an opportunity by making a gift...

Aug 01, 2014
  • David Jones

Returning Home to Make a Difference

As budding professionals in late 1950s, first cousins Dr. Ken Phillips and Bobby Phillips pursued education and careers beyond the hills of their boyhood homes in Bakersville, North Carolina. Ken...

Jul 29, 2014
  • David Jones

Exploring “Pain-related worry in patients with chronic orofacial pain”

Two ECU School of Dental Medicine faculty members, Dr. Ervin Davis and Dr. John Stockstill, and others have published a study, “Pain-related worry in patients with chronic orofacial pain,” in...

Jul 17, 2014
  • David Jones

Christopher A. Cotterill is named Division Director of Pediatric Dentistry

July 17, 2014 Christopher A. Cotterill, DMD, has been appointed Division Director of Pediatric Dentistry in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics at the East Carolina University School of...