Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH
- Gladys Louise Professor of English, Rice University
- Chair, Department of English
- Director, Medical Humanities Program
- Director & Co-founder, Medical Futures Lab
Biography
Kirsten Ostherr is the Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at Rice University (external link), where she is a media scholar, health researcher, and the founding director of the Medical Humanities Program. Dr. Ostherr is also the Co-founder and Director of the Medical Futures Lab (external link), and Adjunct Professor at UTHealth School of Public Health (external link) in the Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences (external link).
Education
- Bachelor of Arts
- Reed College
- Master of Arts
- Brown University
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Brown University
- Master of Public Health
- UTHealth School of Public Health