Stellefson M, Wang MQ, Balanay JG and Wu R (2020). Health Risk Disparities among Employees with COPD living in Central Appalachian U.S. States. American Journal of Health Education 51(5): 265-277. doi:10.1080/19325037.2020.1802373 Abstract Background: Little…
Environmental Health (EH) faculty, Dr. Charles Humphrey and Dr. Stephanie Richards are promoted to the rank of Full Professor effective today. Dr. Humphrey has been teaching and conducting research at East Carolina University (ECU)…
MS Environmental Health student, Jordan Mazzara, received the North Carolina Public Health Association (NCPHA) Environmental Health Scholarship from the NCPHA Environmental Health Section for 2020-2021. The award is a $300-scholarship given to an ECU…
BS Environmental Health junior student, Trysten Culler, received the Dewey L. Padgett Environmental Health Scholarship from the Environmental Health Section of the North Carolina Public Health Association (NCPHA) for 2020-2021. The award is a…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has recently published a report titled ‘2019 State of U.S. High Tide Flooding with a 2020 Outlook’ (referred to as ‘the report’ here after) that reports the…
The Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) in collaboration with their counterparts in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have begun a COVID-19 air quality…
Dr. Stephanie Richards received a $2,500 contract to perform mosquito identification services for the Albemarle Health Department. The primary funding source is NC Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS). Congratulations!
Bisphenol-A (BPA) has been used for decades in the industrial practice of making certain plastics and resins [1]. The most common uses of these plastics are food and beverage containers, such as plastic food…
Dr. Charles Humphrey (Co-PI) and Dr. Guy Iverson (Co-PI) received news that their project titled "A Paired-Watershed Approach to Evaluate the Influence of Onsite Wastewater Nutrient Inputs to Falls Lake, NC" was funded by…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with state and local partners are currently investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections which has been linked to Fresh…