2025 Research & Scholarship Awards
The annual Research & Scholarship Awards Ceremony honors the outstanding achievements of artists, scholars, researchers, and innovators at East Carolina University. Join us in celebrating the faculty whose research and creative endeavors are making a lasting impact in their fields, enriching the lives of their students, and shaping the future of our region and the world.
Event Details
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Main Campus Student Center, Ballroom C
501 E 10th St, Greenville, NC 27858
Event Program
Recognition and Presentation of Awards
- Recognition of Research Administration
- Presentation of Order of the Anchor Society
- Presentation of Trendsetter Awards
- Recognition of EOSA Cohort
- Presentation of Scholarship of Engagement Award
- Recognition of Inventors
- Presentation of Five-Year Research and Creative Activity Award
- Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity
Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Research & Creative Activity

Professor, Kinesiology
College of Health and Human Performance
Five-Year Research & Creative Activity

Associate Professor, Biology
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences

Professor, Biology
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Annette Alligood
University Program Specialist, College of Health and Human Performance
Gaelle Deshayes
University Program Specialist, Department of Comparative Medicine, Brody School of Medicine
US Patent # 12,220,404
Treatment and Management of Augmentation in Restless Legs Syndrome
Stefan Clemens
Physiology
US Patent # 12,106,392
Apparatus For Improving Appliant Selection Based on Performance Indices
Robert Todd Watkins
School of Dental Medicine
US Copyright # TX 9-376-326
“Temper”: A WBGT-based Heat stress App
JoAnne Balanay
Health Education and Promotion
Sinan Sousan
Public Health
US Trademark # 98139128
TAR-PAMLICO BEC Blue Economy Corridor
Emily Yeager
Recreation Sciences
National Academy of Inventors:
New Inductees
Kori Brewer
Emergency Medicine
Mark Mannie
Microbiology & Immunology
National Academy of Inventors:
In-Memorial Member Induction
Andrew Stuart
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Joseph Kalinowski
Communication Sciences & Disorders
2024-2025 Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy (EOSA) Cohort
Michael Daniels
School of Social Work
Sarah Maness
Health Education and Promotion
Lindsey Oakes
Recreation Sciences
Order of the Anchor Society
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Trendsetter Award Winners
Early Achievement
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Mid-Career Achievement
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Eminent Achievement
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