ERHD Program – Published in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

The Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) has truly come along way since our start just a few years in 2010. With the support of the Department of Public Health at ECU and particularly the previous chairperson – Dr. Lloyd Novick — the ERHD program became established within the system of ECU as one of … Read more

ERHD Program adds New Faculty – Dr. Stephanie Jilcott Pitts

The Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Graduate Certificate Online Program is a unique program located in the Department of Public Health at ECU which focuses specifically on ethnic and rural health disparities. It is still the one and only graduate certificate program in the United States focused specifically on ethnic and rural health disparities. … Read more

ERHD Scholarships for Spring 2011

The ERHD Scholarship committee announces the availability of ERHD Spring Scholarships. The ERHD Scholarships are available to full-time or part-time graduate students with an interest in health disparities who will enroll and complete the East Carolina University ERHD graduate certificate online program. Candidates for the $1,000 scholarships will be asked to write a 500 – … Read more

Welcome All ERHD Students – The ERHD Program begins August 24, 2010

It is my distinct pleasure to welcome all Ethnic & Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) students to our brand new graduate certificate online program! It has been somewhat of a long-time coming yet now we are here together to start this new public health and medical training initiaitive. The first course in the ERHD program is: … Read more

ERHD PROGRAM accepting Applications for Fall 2010 and Spring 2011

Greetings Everyone, With the official approval of the ERHD program last month and now the evaluation of applicants for the ERHD program, we are very excited about the start of the Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities Graduate Certificate Online Program this coming Fall 2010! Fortunately, our ERHD program was granted extra time this spring to … Read more

ERHD Graduate Certificate Program “OFFICIALLY APPROVED!”

Yesterday was a historic day for our program! We were officially approved by the Chancellor of East Carolina University to start our graduate certificate online program for the university. This is a day that I had envisioned for the past 5 years when I started brainstorming the ideal about creating a certificate program specifically for … Read more

Welcome & Capstone Experience Course

My name is Justin Moore and I am Co-Director and Assistant Professor of the new Graduate Certificate Online Program in Ethnic & Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) at East Carolina University. I also want to welcome you to our very innovative online certificate program. One of my major activities with the certificate program is managing the … Read more