Angela Gomez named co-director of Quality Enhancement Plan
After serving since January 1 as interim co-director of UTHealth Houston’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), the appointment was made official this month for Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS. Gomez is the McGovern Center’s senior coordinator of special programs and has…
Arts & Resilience welcomes author Samuel Shem
The lone in-person edition of the 2022-23 Arts and Resilience lineup features internationally renowned novelist Samuel Shem, March 7 in the TMC Library, Large Classroom. The event will also be streamed live via Zoom. Shem, the pen name of Stephen…
Keisha Ray organizes collection of essays for Journal of Medical Humanities
For the current issue of the Journal of Medical Humanities, Keisha Ray, PhD, organized a collection of essays entitled, “Black Bioethics in the Age of Black Lives Matter.” Ray authored one piece in the collection alongside Faith E. Fletcher, PhD,…
Associate faculty member, Vineeth John inducted into Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy
Vineeth John, MD, professor and vice chair for education in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is one of four UTHealth Houston faculty inducted into the 2023 class of The University of Texas Kenneth I….
Arts & Resilience announces 2023 lineup
The John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics announces the return of its Arts & Resilience Program as a five-part series, which will resume Feb. 23. The 2022-23 speaker lineup opened with the return of Laura Spector, a…
Spector’s Spectacles
The latest exhibit of the McGovern Medical School Art Wall features works from Laura Spector. Spector, a performance and video artist, began creating artwork in 1994. In 1996, Spector began her acclaimed Museum Anatomy project, collaborating with museum curators in…
Associate faculty member, Eric Solberg, named associate vice chancellor at UT System
Please join us in congratulating Eric Solberg, MS, on his new role as associate vice chancellor for health affairs at The University of Texas System, effective Jan. 16. For more than 15 years, Solberg has served as a champion of…
Center director discusses professional identity formation
Education toward professionalism is more than being skilled and knowledgeable. It requires a lifelong transformational change in how we think, act, and feel as doctors. This professional formation (Turning Pro) is shaped by the community in which we are surrounded….
Nathan Carlin among faculty recognized for exemplary service
In this season of gratitude and giving, UTHealth Houston celebrated faculty endowment holders and honored the generous benefactors who created those endowments to propel the university’s mission forward. During a luncheon hosted by Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD, UTHealth Houston president…
Chris Mackenzie wins inaugural Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award
The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics has named Chris Mackenzie, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, as the inaugural winner of the Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award. The Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award recognizes…