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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.

Upcoming Events

30 Jan
Suffering: Pathographies of Mental Illness blue book elective All day Canvas
30 Jan
Monday Meditations 12:00pm - 12:30pm Hybrid: Zoom & JJL 454 Zoom: https://go.uth.edu/hybridmeditation
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31 Jan
Pathographies of Mental Illness MS4 Elective (Private session) 10:00am - 10:30am WebEx

Recent News

  • Associate faculty member, Eric Solberg, named associate vice chancellor at UT System
  • Center director discusses professional identity formation
  • Nathan Carlin among faculty recognized for exemplary service
  • Chris Mackenzie wins inaugural Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award
  • Laura Spector to present virtual exhibit on Grief, Apology, and Healing for Arts & Resilience
  • Jordan Lazenby wins inaugural McGovern Medical School teaching competition
  • Brilliance on display from Olga Chumakova
  • McGovern to host inaugural teaching competition
  • Susan Fenton receives 2021 President’s Scholar Award for teaching
  • Center members present poster on health policy education
  • McGovern Center members presented at Healing Arts Houston
  • Keisha Ray quoted Bloomberg Law article on affirmative action and biomedicine
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Human Ties Digest

Hope Amidst Uncertainty

Issue #4
  • Join our mailing list for (hybrid) Monday Meditations with Dr. Alejandro Chaoul, PhD. All @UTHealthHouston students… https://t.co/lyuFypPBmC   January 27, 2023 @ 2:09 pm
  • See @DrKeishaRay in their virtual event sponsored by @BristolEthics and Black and Brown in Bioethics.… https://t.co/CRHWJOBYiP   January 27, 2023 @ 2:05 pm
  • See this brief virtual community event with @DrKeishaRay on Black birthing mortality and different types of advocac… https://t.co/J6GvwpB9vD   January 25, 2023 @ 9:28 pm
  • Can you tell that the McGovern Center got new raincoats?!?! https://t.co/cz3EtdjeGv   January 19, 2023 @ 2:39 pm
  • “Would it be too much to wonder if engaging this material – medical humanities – might just save our souls?”… https://t.co/2mFmxb2Sya   January 11, 2023 @ 12:20 am
John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities & Ethics
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6431 Fannin Street, JJL 450
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5970 main
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