September 18, 2024

Kelli Cohen Fein receives award from Baylor College of Medicine

Kelli Cohen Fein, MA, MD, EdD, will receive a Humanitarian Award as part of Baylor College of Medicine’s 2024 Alumni Awards, scheduled for October 17. The award recognizes Fein for making a profound impact through her humanitarian efforts and commitment…


September 13, 2024

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…


September 13, 2024

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…


September 4, 2024

Marianne Florian, PhD

Marianne Florian joined the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics as a postdoctoral fellow in Fall 2024.


September 4, 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…


September 1, 2024

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…


September 1, 2024

Lilit A. Sargsyan, MD

Lilit A. Sargsyan, is assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at McGovern Medical School. She is the Associate Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program and Medical Director of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory at Memorial Hermann…


August 14, 2024

GME in Humanities & Ethics graduate publishes piece in Pediatric Research

Vaishali Harne, MBBS, recently published, “‘Stickers’—A pediatric resident’s experience with loss” in Pediatric Research. The piece began as a journal entry by Harne written during the Graduate Medical Education in Humanities and Ethics (GME in H&E) program, offered by the McGovern…


August 12, 2024

Keisha Ray elected to ASBH Board

Congratulations are in order for McGovern Professor of Oslerian Medicine and Associate Faculty with the McGovern Center, Keisha Ray, PhD, who was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). Ray’s term…


August 12, 2024

Keisha Ray selected for ASBH Board and Nominating Committee

Congratulations to Keisha Ray, PhD, who was newly elected to the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Board and Nominating Committee. Ray will begin her term on the ASBH Board of Directors following the 2024 Annual Meeting in St….


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