Pritha Bhattacharyya and Renee Flores lead Resilience Through Creativity exercise
A new wellness initiative from the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development offers UTHealth Houston faculty the opportunity to explore creative writing in an effort to reduce faculty burnout. “The Office of Faculty Affairs is focused on well-being in order…
Coloring A History
McGovern Medical School students, faculty and staff participate in an interactive coloring book mural, commissioned in honor of the 20th anniversary of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics. Designed by artist-in-residence Laura Spector, the mural features a “cabinet of curiosities”…
Medical humanities students win Karff Chair Awards
The McGovern Center is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Karff Awards. These awards are given to graduating seniors at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. These awards are made possible through the Samuel Karff Chair, which is…
Joelle Robertson-Preidler publishes paper on communication
Center assistant professor, Joelle Robertson-Preidler, PhD, recently published a paper, “The Structural Inequality of Status Quo Clinical Communication,” in The American Journal of Bioethics. In the article, Robertson-Preidler discusses that clinician communication follows medical mental models that may conflict with…
Michelle Moncrieffe to speak at next dental collaborative webinar
The National Collaborative on Humanities and Ethics in Dentistry welcomes Michelle V. Moncrieffe, MA, CHES®, lecturer and interdisciplinary researcher at the University of Maryland College Park. Her presentation will address the power of narratives in offering insight for dental trainees…
April 24 reception celebrating the McGovern Center’s 20th Anniversary
A reception and reading will be held on April 24 to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics. Please join us for this special event with live music featuring Dr. John Riggs and the Acoustic…
McGovern Center launches Writing Awards in Fiction
The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics is pleased to announce a nationwide open call for unpublished fiction that is medical or healthcare-related in theme or focus. Winners will receive $500 and an opportunity to publish in the Journal of Medical Humanities. There will…
Arts & Resilience returns March 26
The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics presents the Arts & Resilience Lecture Series, at noon, March 26 in MSB B.603 and on Zoom. Join the Center for an inspiring art lecture by John Slaby, a self-taught artist with a…
Laura Spector unveils interactive coloring book mural
The McGovern Center is excited to invite you to visit the Leather Lounge and contribute to our interactive coloring book mural, “A History of Healing: From Past to Progress” created by Laura Spector, Artist-in-Residence. This mural, commissioned in honor of…
Keisha Ray works with leadership on new longitudinal theme, AI and Healthcare
Keisha Ray, PhD, McGovern Chair of Oslerian Medicine, tenured Associate Professor in the McGovern Center, and director of the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration and Longitudinal Themes at McGovern Medical School has worked with education leadership at McGovern Medical School and…