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ECU Health expands the Brody Scholars Program from three to four students per class thanks to a $10 million gift.
The expansion coincides with the new Brody Center for Medical Education, set to open in 2027-28.
Brody Scholars typically receive full financial coverage for medical school costs.
The Brody Center for Medical Education will include new simulation spaces and an anatomy lab.
Brody Scholars have a strong regional impact, with many staying and practicing in eastern North Carolina.
ECU Health CEO and Brody School of Medicine dean praised the Brody family for sustaining local medical education.
The Brody family has a multi-decade history of supporting health education in eastern North Carolina.
Hyman Brody highlighted the partnership between ECU Health, ECU, and his family as a growing relationship.
The Brody Center for Medical Education is funded by the state of North Carolina.

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Waldrum pressed for targeted policy solutions to address rural health care access and affordability before the U.S. House Committee.
He described ECU Health as a nonprofit system serving 1.4 million people across 29 eastern North Carolina counties.
He described a regional hub-and-spoke model to sustain access in rural communities.
Waldrum warned that profit-driven systems exiting rural markets leave safety nets to nonprofit providers.
He urged Congress to design approaches that consider the needs of rural residents and avoid disadvantaging them.
Waldrum emphasized ongoing pressures like older, sicker patient populations and workforce shortages.
He noted that if eastern North Carolina were its own state, it would rank among the poorest and sickest in the nation.
He highlighted ECU Health's mission-driven work and challenges faced by rural safety-net providers.
He called on policymakers to support rural safety nets to preserve access and lower costs.
Waldrum urged solutions that strengthen access and affordability for rural communities.

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