Pediatric Healthy Weight Research & Treatment Center – Research

Mission

The PHWRTC is committed to preventing and reducing childhood obesity in eastern North Carolina and across the state and nation by conducting collaborative research studies and projects.

Associate membership in the PHWRTC provides an easy way for ECU faculty, health professionals and others to become acquainted, network and develop multidisciplinary studies together. To learn more about Associates of the center or to become an Associate, click here. The ECU Pediatric Healthy Weight summits provide many opportunities for the sharing of research ideas and results to ECU and the wider community. To visit our summits page, click here.