BSEH senior student, Rene Vanek, was selected as a student presenter for the upcoming AIHA Carolinas Spring Conference at Charlotte, NC, March 9-10, 2017. She will be doing an oral presentation of the results…
This category contains the news on our EH students’ activities, awards and other accomplishments.
The AIHA ECU Student Section started the semester by inviting guest speakers from Patheon, a pharmaceutical company at Greenville, NC on January 30, 2017. Mr. Curtis Barth (Industrial Hygienist) and Mr. Toby Holiday (EHS…
MS Environmental Health student, Justin Bunn, has been selected for the Junior Commissioned Officer Student Training and Extern Program (JRCOSTEP) for the US Public Health Service (USPHS). JRCOSTEP participants work in various exciting Federal…
The AIHA ECU Student Section had their first field trip today to Biogen, a pharmaceutical company located at the Research Triangle Park, NC. Dr. Jo Anne Balanay and 9 of the chapter members were…
MS Environmental Health student, Justin Bunn, presented his field research titled "Investigations into Barrier Spray Efficacy" at the 2016 North Carolina Mosquito and Vector Control Association (NCMVCA) Annual Conference on November 15, 2016 at…
BS Environmental Health student, Rene Vanek, was selected to be awarded the Fall 2016 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (URCA) award for her research proposal on the assessment of volatile organic compound (VOC) exposure…
The ECU Environmental Health Sciences Program was asked by the state medical entomologist (Division of Public Health, NC Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS]) to assist Columbus County with post-hurricane mosquito surveillance in…
MS Environmental Health student, Justin Bunn, setting up a CDC light trap in a suburban neighborhood
MS Environmental Health student, Justin Bunn was won the North Carolina Mosquito & Vector Control Association (NCMVCA) Student Competition Award ("NCMVCA Student Scholarship") for his work on the effectiveness of barrier sprays for mosquito…
BS Environmental Health students and Mr. William Hill visited the Children’s World Learning Center at Greenville, NC on Friday, September 30, 2016. This visit is one of their course activities in EHST 4300: Institutional…
World Environmental Health Day (WEHD) was celebrated for the first time on September 26, 2016 by the EHS Program at East Carolina University, along with the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) and the…