Stephen Linder appointed to Board of Environmental Change and Society
Congratulations to Stephen H. Linder, PhD, professor with the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health, for his recent appointment to the Board on Environmental Change and Society (BECS) of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Sciences…
Your story matters to Houston Playback Theatre
Everybody has a story to tell. Whether the story is something menial, like a seemingly normal commute into the office, or a life-changing cancer diagnosis for a friend or family member, each person’s life is unique. For Houston Playback Theatre,…
Arts & Resilience welcomes Houston Playback Theatre Improv Group
The John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics continues its Arts & Resilience Program by welcoming Houston Playback Theatre to McGovern Medical School, June 22. Playback theatre is an improvisational form of theater that features members of the…
Medical Humanities students named Albert Schweitzer Fellows
Congratulations are in order to Miguel Bonilla Moreno, Patricia Marie Guzman, Isabel Kilroy, and Sanjna Tripathy. All four students are members of the Center’s Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration and were recently named as part of the 2022-2023 class of the…
Keisha Ray featured in Nature article about sizeism in the scientific workplace
A recent article in Nature featured comments from Keisha Ray, PhD, about sizeism in the scientific workplace. Ray explained that weight bias and stigma can be found in health and science. One reason for this is the belief that those…
McGovern Center and faculty featured in new online publication at MMS
The first issue of McGovern Medicine, a new online publication by McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, was released this June. The McGovern Center was featured. In the piece, the Center’s leadership and transition from founding director Thomas Cole, PhD,…
Thomas Cole speaks about Texas Civil Rights History
Thomas Cole, PhD, recently presented a talk on No Color Is My Kind, a book he authored about the life of the late Eldrewey Stearns and Houston’s desegregation movement. Hosted by the Bullock Texas State History Museum, Cole’s talk shared…
New Graduate Certificate Program piloted
The McGovern Center is piloting a new certificate program in the humanities and ethics for UTHealth Houston/McGovern Medical School fellows and residents (PGY-2 and above). The program is directed by Center faculty member Anson Koshy, MD, MBE, and will expose…
Congratulations to Renee Flores
The McGovern Center congratulates Renee Flores, MD, MHSA, FACP, EdD, for her recent graduation from the University of Houston with a Doctor of Education in Professional Leadership for Health Science Education. Flores completed a doctoral thesis, entitled “Influence of Implementation…
Sarah Syed places 3rd at TEACH-S Educational Symposium
The 2022 TEACH-S Educational Symposium, which centered on “The Power of the Learning Environment,” was held on May 12. Presenters gave talks, offered workshops, and shared posters. Sarah Syed, MD, a 2022 McGovern Medical School graduate, placed third in the…