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Medical Spanish 5:00pm - 7:00pm McGovern Medical School Building (MSB), 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030, USA http://go.uth.edu/medical-spanish
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Recent News

  • Michael Bagg writes opinion piece on studying gun violence
  • World Doctors Orchestra debuts with Arts and Resilience Program
  • Gun Violence and Physicians blue book discussed in AAMCNews
  • Timothy Houk departs for College of the Sequoias
  • McGovern Center electives and programs featured in Year in Review
  • Keisha Ray discusses medical photos and women’s health in recent blog
  • Two papers by Timothy Houk published
  • Sparky’s Jazz Express performs for Arts and Resilience
  • Human Ties returns with second issue
  • Nathan Carlin launches Life and Work
  • Rita Charon leads narrative medicine workshop
  • Aperio performs South American music on cello and piano for Arts and Resilience
  • Anson Koshy featured on Fox 26 News
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Human Ties Digest

Human Ties Issue 2

Issue #2
  • Check out Center faculty Dr. Nathan Carlin's new #podcast, "Life and Work," beginning with a conversation with Dr.… https://t.co/mGMcHciKMt   May 24, 2019 @ 4:45 pm
  • RT @COBioethics: @CUAnschutz @COBioethics Dr. Tess Jones discusses how #healthhumanities is enriching #medicaleducation for all in @McGover…   May 24, 2019 @ 4:36 pm
  • check out @DrKeishaRay's "Going to the Doctor While Fat," published in @bioethics_net https://t.co/26GRbQm1jl   April 23, 2019 @ 4:48 pm
  • RT @UTHealth: April is Sjögren’s syndrome Awareness Month. So what is Sjögren's syndrome? @DrKanikaMonga of @McGovernMed at UTHealth explai…   April 23, 2019 @ 4:46 pm
  • World #Autism Day: How parents can help kids get a good night's sleep @CommHealthMag https://t.co/nmIRtPyO5m   April 12, 2019 @ 3:13 pm
  • RT @McGovernCenter: McGovern Center seeks #postdoc to start September 1: https://t.co/WZVOSK3VEl   April 12, 2019 @ 3:12 pm
  • Cancer 'vaccine' shows promise in human trial of lymphoma patients https://t.co/jNos4tC2BU   April 9, 2019 @ 4:46 pm
  • McGovern Center seeks #postdoc to start September 1: https://t.co/WZVOSK3VEl   April 9, 2019 @ 3:18 pm
  • RT @UTHealth: Congratulations to Sylvia Villarreal, project manager of the Sacred Vocation Program at @McGovernCenter, on winning the Annal…   April 9, 2019 @ 3:08 pm
  • RT @EricTopol: "What I needed was time to think" —@danielleofri @NEJM https://t.co/4GTTonwdWj This masterful, slice of life, essay begs for…   March 28, 2019 @ 4:36 pm
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