Joelle Robertson-Preidler awarded for teaching excellence
Joelle Robertson-Preidler, PhD, was named one of the recipients of the 2025 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards at McGovern Medical School. Congratulations to Dr. Robertson-Preidler and her commitment to outstanding education.
Writing Fellow alum, Emily Barr, publishes in Arts & Health
Emily Barr, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, CNM, ACRN, FACNM, FAAN, recently published “Trust in the Patient-Provider Relationship: An Arts-based Research Film Exploring Trust in Adolescents and Young Adults with HIV,” in Arts & Health. The work is based on a film…
Keisha Ray recognized at luncheon for endowed professors
The 2025 Faculty Endowment Luncheon was held in early May to recognize UTHealth Houston’s exemplary educators, practitioners, and researchers appointed to endowed faculty positions between November 2022 and March 2025. Keisha Ray, PhD, is the holder of the John P….
18th Annual Humanities Banquet honors graduating students
The John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics celebrated the graduates of the Clinical Humanities Certificate Program and the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration at the 18th Annual Humanities Graduation Banquet, April 10 in the Fifth Floor Gallery. Special…
New Human Ties student editors named
Congratulations to McGovern Meical Students Brandon Ba, Ashna Karpe, and Jenny Li-Wang, who have been selected as the new student editors for Human Ties. The humanities-focused publication is student-led, under the direction of writer-in-residence and postdoctoral fellow Pritha Bhattacharyya, PhD,…
Laura Spector to participate in annual leadership conference
The Federation of Houston Professional Women’s annual leadership conference will focus on, “Embracing AI: Leading the Future, Today.” Planned for May 16, 2025, Laura Spector will participate in a panel on governance and AI alongside professionals from Memorial Hermann Health…
A History of Healing mural time-lapse video unveiled
Watch the time-lapse of “A History of Healing: From Past to Progress,” an interactive coloring mural by Artist-in-Residence Laura Spector, created in celebration of the McGovern Center’s 20th anniversary. This collaborative artwork invited participants to explore and reflect on the…
Carlin increases McGovern Center’s visibility with national award
Nathan Carlin, PhD, director of the John P. McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, has been unanimously selected as the winner of the 2025 Health Humanities Visionary Award. He was presented the award from the Health Humanities Consortium at its…
Medical Humanities alumni publish book, edited by Nathan Carlin and Keisha Ray
Published by Oxford University Press and edited by Nathan Carlin, PhD, and Keisha Ray, PhD, is Medicine, Meaning, and Identity: Essays from Early-Career Physicians. The book features 15 essays written by 16 alumni of the Center’s Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration. Description…
Angela Gomez recognized by two professional organizations
Center faculty, Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS, was recognized by two professional organizations for her service and scholarship. During the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting, held in Denver, CO, in April, Gomez received a certificate for her two years…