OFALD Notable Alumni Archives

BSBA, Management 2006
MA, Health Communication 2018

Following her undergraduate studies at ECU, Carla Williams began her career in undergraduate admissions.

Years of experience on the Main and Health Sciences campuses led her to Brody School of Medicine in 2020. She serves as Director of the BSOM Office of Admissions. In this role, she works diligently to further Brody’s mission in recruiting a compassionate and diverse student body to serve our region and state.

Ms. Williams was a 2022 recipient of a 40 under Forty award. This award recognizes emerging leaders who began at East Carolina University and have made significant impacts in their professions, local communities, and the world.

Carla enjoys photography and operates as a freelance portrait and sports photographer.

Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Dr. Michael Lang started out here in Greenville as a lab technician in the Department of Biochemistry. From there, he became a Brody School of Medicine medical student, Internal Medicine/Psychiatry resident, faculty member, and is currently serving as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.

Dr. Lang was born and raised in Ahoskie, NC. His desire to see Eastern North Carolina communities strong and flourishing and the mission of BSOM drew him to Greenville and ECU.

Dr. Lang says: “The school and area have been supportive and allowed me to grow. I can honestly say there is no better place in my mind to live, work, and raise a family. Thank you, Brody!”

BSOM – Expected May 2022
International Studies, B.A, 2018

Tulsi Patel is a graduate of East Carolina University’s Honors College and EC Scholars Program and is currently a fourth year at Brody School of Medicine pursuing residency in Family Medicine. One of her favorite memories at ECU and BSOM is her annual attendance at the NC Academy of Family Physicians Winter Weekend with her classmates!

As a LINC Scholar in the Healthcare Transformation and Leadership Distinction Track at Brody, Patel received formal training in health systems science to help lead a quality improvement project impacting the standardization of cesarean sections at Vidant Medical Center.

Most recently, Patel completed an externship through Medical Students for Choice to gain training that will improve her ability to expand access to reproductive health as a family medicine physician.
Patel’s hobbies include traveling in pursuit of bucket-list hikes, home cooking, and baking, studying the Spanish language and Peloton cycling.

BS, Nutrition Science 2020
BA, Chemistry 2020
Graduate Researcher
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

“My time at ECU and BSOM has changed my life completely; I could not have predicted that my scientific curiosity could forge a completely new direction for myself and also that the dreams that seemed so big and unattainable were right there in front of me. My mentors have helped me achieve my goals and grow and flourish as a budding scientist.
Not only was I encouraged to research during my time as an undergraduate, but I was given the freedom to submerge myself wholly into it.”

Currently, Jaimes is studying bacterial signaling systems that result in antibiotic resistance, a global issue that requires urgent addressing. Jaimes’s research goals are to determine the structural properties of the proteins within these regulatory systems and eventually determine drug targets to circumvent growing resistance to last-line antibiotics.

Felicia’s talents also extend beyond science! She enjoys abstracts in acrylic and mixed media painting, paddle boarding, hiking, and volunteering. She has three cats: Sophie, Bean, and Puca.

Professor
Associate Chief,  Division of Research,
Emergency Medicine &
Adjunct Associate Professor,
Physiology

PhD, Physiology (Neuroscience)
East Carolina University

“When I came back as a faculty member after 2 years of post-doctoral training elsewhere, I was glad for some level of familiarity with the place and the people. Those same faculty absorbed me as a colleague with no hint of professor/student delineation and simply served as the best models of how to be a successful and caring researcher, teacher and student advocate that a new faculty member could possibly need. Turned out that the biggest challenge was being able to call my former professors by their first names!”