Laura Spector
Laura Spector is a Fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts and an Individual Grant Recipient of the Houston Art Alliance. In 2020, she received an Artist-In-Residence from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. Her work has been exhibited internationally,…
The study of art helps medical students become better doctors, according to UTHealth Houston artist-in-residence
No two people look at a painting or watch a performance the same way. One might pick up color, brushstrokes, the resonance of a voice. Another might see a hidden figure, the shape of a smile, or the lightness in…
Writing Fellows alum publishes essay in CHEST
Lilit Sargsyan, MD, FCCP, recently published essay “My Voice” appears in the current issue of CHEST journal. Sargsyan was a member of the first cohort of the McGovern Center-Inprint Writing Fellowship, a year-long writing workshop for health professionals.
McGovern Center Celebrates 20th Anniversary
The McGovern Center celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year, owing much gratitude to Dr. McGovern, Mrs. McGovern, the McGovern Foundation, and the many donors who have supported our work. On November 21, 2024, at 6:00 pm, the first special lecture…
Center members publish work in Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
Reverend Nathan Carlin, PhD, Angela Gomez, EdD, and Margarita Ortiz, JD, MA, published a commentary in the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. The paper “Teaching Pathographies of Mental Illness” discusses the fourth-year elective of the same name taught by Carlin…
Keisha Ray interviewed by Oprah Daily about IUD insertion pain management
Keisha Ray, PhD, was recently quoted in Oprah Daily in an article titled, “Getting an IUD Doesn’t Have to be Painful. Here’s What Your Doctor May Not Be Telling You.” The article discusses what to expect when considering IUD insertion…
Jessica Wise and Sandy McKay co-author policy report on early childhood education as health and economic policy
Co-authored by Jessica N. Wise, PhD; Katarina Reyes, MEd; and Sandy McKay, MD, FAAP, the policy report, “The Case for Early Childhood Education as Health and Economic Policy” was recently published by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The…
Marianne Florian, PhD
Marianne Florian joined the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics as a postdoctoral fellow in Fall 2024.
Pritha Bhattacharyya, PhD
Pritha Bhattacharyya is a Bengali-American fiction writer, poet, teacher, and reader. Her work appears in The Southern Review, Ecotone, Ninth Letter, Nashville Review, Bodega, Apogee Journal, and elsewhere and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She completed her fiction…
Emily Barr, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, CNM, ACRN, FACNM, FAAN
Emily Barr is Assistant Professor (research tenure track) at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston in the Department of Research, where she joined as faculty in January 2022. Barr grew up in Rochester, NY, and completed her bachelor’s of…