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The McGovern Center helps students explore health care through the lenses of history, ethics, law, literature, religion and spirituality, social science, cultural studies, and the arts.

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17 Jan
University Holiday: McGovern Center Closed All day
18 Jan
Pathographies of Mental Illness MSIV Elective 1:00pm - 4:00pm WebEx
18 Jan
The Healer's Art blue book elective 6:00pm - 9:00pm Virtual https://go.uth.edu/healersart
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Recent News

  • Special issue of Human Ties Digest released, focuses on hope amidst uncertainty
  • Harris honors Vietnamese legacy at Arts & Resilience
  • Special issue of Pastoral Psychology focuses on Nathan Carlin’s book
  • Keisha ray discusses healthcare disparities on ABC 13 News
  • Deborah Franklin and Nathan Carlin discuss dentistry in health humanities
  • Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration has a new director
  • Available postdoctoral fellow positions with the McGovern Center
  • Nathan Carlin’s latest book to be released this month
  • Arts & Resilience presentation by Laura Spector discussed in McGovern news
  • Keisha Ray recently participated in a panel on anti-blackness
  • New poem by Sylvia Villarreal published
  • McGovern students learn the Art of Observation
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Human Ties Digest

Hope Amidst Uncertainty

Issue #4
  • The latest edition of “Human Ties” is here! Our student created and student run health humanities digest. See art a… https://t.co/CDtpuJOh3I   January 15, 2022 @ 1:32 am
  • Save the date! https://t.co/FYLC3ztec4   January 13, 2022 @ 9:43 pm
  • Watch Center Director @NathanCarlinPhD talk about physician writers and writing from the heart with Samuel Shem, au… https://t.co/swtyAkf81f   January 8, 2022 @ 12:00 am
  • Read the touching poem and feminist bioethics take on dealing with shame after testing positive for COVID-19 from E… https://t.co/yQDqBCkpTQ   January 7, 2022 @ 9:54 pm
  • We are looking for TWO postdoctoral fellows working in health/medical humanities and/or bioethics to join our team!… https://t.co/qSb4hzh6yj   December 28, 2021 @ 10:56 pm
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6431 Fannin Street, JJL 450
Houston, Texas 77030
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