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  • In this @voxdotcom interview, Center faculty member @DrKeishaRay discusses her efforts to convince people of color… https://t.co/ivYdl4alES   February 18, 2021 @ 3:24 pm
  • Center faculty member Dr. Alejandro Chaoul shares his insights about the use of meditation to address #burnout… https://t.co/vf3eHVFE07   February 18, 2021 @ 3:21 pm
  • RT @UTHealth: Former heavyweight and Olympic champion @GeorgeForeman is ready to knockout #COVID19. Today he teamed up with UTHealth and @U…   January 15, 2021 @ 6:08 pm
  • RT @The_Intima: Liz Tichenor, an Episcopal priest "gives voice to her grief & rage, which explode across the page in the pressured language…   January 14, 2021 @ 10:39 pm
  • RT @bioethics_net: Please join us for a webinar on The Ethics of Human Brain Surrogates Research, hosted by @johnlantos, with panelists @Ha…   January 14, 2021 @ 4:44 pm
  • RT @DrKeishaRay: I wrote a new blog. "Black Bioethics, Black Health, and White Mobs" https://t.co/kAWjD1PyKu https://t.co/8IPQYWFeVh   January 14, 2021 @ 4:44 pm
  • https://t.co/xxgZtEH4RZ   January 14, 2021 @ 4:42 pm
  • RT @bioethics_net: On the blog today: "Goodbye 2020, Hello New Opportunities for Bioethics" Introducing continuing blog editor @DrKeishaR…   January 5, 2021 @ 7:17 pm
  • The McGovern Medical School at The UT Health Science Center at Houston (@UTHealth) seeks applicants for a tenured p… https://t.co/Ohz828wR5V   January 5, 2021 @ 7:16 pm
  • RT @McGovernMed: When the pandemic began, Rick Navarro and his staff in the Medical School Receiving Department became the hub for all pers…   December 2, 2020 @ 11:02 pm
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