Mosquito research conducted by Dr. Stephanie Richards and other collaborators in North Carolina, known as the Zika Task Force, was recently featured on National Public Radio's The Down East Journal. Dr. Richards talked about…
ECU Environmental Health students were featured in a video entry for the Entomological Society of America (ESA) 2016 YouTube Your Entomology Contest. The 3-minute video, produced by Drs. Stephanie Richards (ESA member) and Jo…
MS Environmental Health (EH) student, Jamil Blackmon, continues to perform water sampling this summer at the Town Creek in Greenville, NC for his research project and his thesis. Dr. Charles Humphrey leads the research…
Dr. Richards and our Environmental Health students are featured today on the main ECU homepage! The story talks about Dr. Richard's several research projects on the potential transmission of Zika virus by mosquitoes found…
Balanay JG, Kearney GD and Mannarino AJ* (2016). Assessment of Occupational Noise Exposure among Groundskeepers in North Carolina Public Universities. Environmental Health Insights 10: 83-92. Abstract Groundskeepers may have increased risk to noise-induced…
Dear Miss Liza, We had a bad storm last week and lost electricity for the whole day… about 7 hours. I had some leftover chili and a homemade fruit salad in the refrigerator. Both…
Local news station, WCTI NewsChannel 12, featured a news story on Dr. Stephanie Richards' research on the capability of Aedes albopictus, mosquitoes found locally in our area, in transmitting the Zika virus. Eastern North…
This summer, MS Environmental Health (EH) student, Nicole Beck, continues her research project for her thesis on the assessment of ECU groundskeepers' exposure to heat stress, ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and other occupational hazards. Her…
Stott RE*, Richards SL, Balanay JG and Martin GL (2016). Prevention of Tick Exposure in Environmental Health Specialists Working in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina. Journal of Environmental Health, 78(10): E1-E7. Abstract Environmental…