ECU Department of Public Health

DPH Epidemiology faculty Dr. James Clifford and UR Health Studies faculty Dr. Courtney Blondino, with their summer undergraduate interns, recently published work in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. See the full article here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40748270/

MPH and DrPH students socialized with faculty after hours Thursday in their new spaces at the Leo Jenkins Building. Faculty have been hard at work on a new curriculum for the master’s degree that takes effect in the fall. Learn more public-health.ecu.edu/proposed-chang…

DPH Faculty Dr. Sinan Sousan and Dr. Jo Anne Balanay (ECU Environmental Health Sciences Program) were recognized at the 2025 ECU Research and Scholarship Awards Recognition Ceremony & Celebration for their copyright registration of the app prototype.

DPH faculty Dr. Doyle Cummings was invited by Chancellor Philip Rogers and the ECU Board of Trustees to celebrate the innovative contributions being made at East Carolina University

DPH faculty Dr. Sinan Sousan co-authored a new paper titled “Comparison between WBGT app prototype and WBGT monitor to assess heat stress risk in an eastern North Carolina outdoor setting” in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH). \ tandfonline.com/eprint/KVEQMWA…

DPH faculty Dr. Kavita Mosalpuria was recognized yesterday by Laupus Library for her dedication and scholarly contributions to education and research. Congratulations!

Dr. Stephanie Richards and DPH faculty Dr. Sinan Sousan were recognized by the ECU Office of Licensing and Commercialization as “Innovators of the Month” for October 2024 for their wind tunnel invention for insecticide exposure and testing. Congratulations for this recognition!

DPH joint faculty Dr. Eric Bailey and DPH faculty Dr. Suzanne Lea hosted a DPH table for the “ECU Study Abroad” event. The following are some videos from the event: • youtube.com/watch?v=_E_gl3… • youtube.com/watch?v=isi6yX… • youtube.com/shorts/7ysQ4_I…

MPH graduate Nicole Bertges published her ProPaper project titled “Examination of factors that impact mask or respirator purchase and usage during the COVID-19 pandemic” in the journal PLOS ONE. link:journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

DPH faculty Dr. Sinan Sousan and Environmental Health faculty Dr. Jo Anne Balanay were online invited speakers at the National Academy of Sciences Transit Cooperative Research Program Project E-15 on Research Design for Air Management of Transit Buses, at University of Maryland.

DPH faculty Dr. Kavita Mosalpuria has a job opening for a Postdoctoral Scholar. Details can be found directly from this link: ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/74577

DPH joint faculty Dr. Eric Bailey and DPH faculty Dr. Suzanne Lea have developed a summer study abroad elective course entitled "MPH 6017: Global Public Health Study Abroad Experience".  Further details can be found in the following link:  piratesabroad.ecu.edu/index.cfm?Fuse…

DPH faculty Dr. Huabin Luo and his team was awarded an R01 for $3.9 million from NIA/NIH to investigate biological and social links between oral health and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD). Additional details can be found at this link: nursing.nyu.edu/news/bei-wu-wi…

Dr. Stephanie Richards and Dr. Sinan Sousan presented to the ECU Patent Committee and, as a result, received funding for her patent for the wind tunnel that her team developed to assess the efficacy of insecticide formulated products. Congratulations, Dr. Richards and Sousan.

DPH faculty member Dr. Sinan Sousan and Environmental Health faculty member Dr. Jo Anne Balanay were featured on local news discussing the recently released heat stress app. reflector.com/features/local…