Angela Gomez and Jessica Wise share Healthcare Policy for Health Professionals
Over the last several months, Center members Angela P. Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS, and Jessica N. Wise, PhD, MPH, have shared their work on the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan, Healthcare Policy for Health Professionals at multiple conferences: Gomez and Wise shared a…
David Ozar to speak at next virtual event of the National Collaborative on Humanities and Ethics in Dentistry
The National Collaborative on Humanities and Ethics in Dentistry will host David T. Ozar, Ph.D, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago and founder of the American Society for Dental Ethics. In this session, you will learn to recognize…
20th Anniversary Talk features Erin Lamb
The John P. McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics celebrates its 20th anniversary Feb. 5. The McGovern Center hosted a special lecture featuring Erin Lamb, PhD, presenting on “Health Humanities: Looking Backwards, Sideways, and Forward.”
New paper by Joelle Robertson-Preidler published
“Whether to Offer Interventions at the End of Life: What Physicians Consider and How Clinical Ethicists Can Help” is the title of a new paper written by McGovern Center assistant professor Joelle Robertson-Preidler, PhD, with Mikaela Kim, (UTMB Health), Sophia…
Nathan Carlin selected as winner of the 2025 Health Humanities Visionary Award
The Health Humanities Consortium has selected Rev Nathan Carlin, PhD, as winner of the 2025 Health Humanities Visionary Award. Carlin was selected for his many critical contributions to the field of humanities, including his mentorship of emerging scholars, work on…
McGovern Center launches new humanities program for physicians
The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics is accepting applications for a new certificate program open to all physicians. The Medical Humanities Workforce Training Program for Physicians will explore contexts, experiences, and critical conceptual issues in medicine and health care,…
Laura Spector joins the McGovern Center as artist-in-residence
The McGovern Center welcomes our new artist in residence, nationally and internationally renowned artist Laura Spector, a Houston-based artist best known for her Museum Anatomy project, which began in 1996. We are excited to welcome her to the McGovern team!
Laura Spector
Laura Spector is a Fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts and an Individual Grant Recipient of the Houston Art Alliance. In 2020, she received an Artist-In-Residence from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. Her work has been exhibited internationally,…
McGovern Center featured in latest episode of Hancock’s Headlines
McGovern Medical School Executive Dean John Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD, focused on Medical Humanities in his latest YouTube episode of Hancock’s Headlines.
The study of art helps medical students become better doctors, according to UTHealth Houston artist-in-residence
No two people look at a painting or watch a performance the same way. One might pick up color, brushstrokes, the resonance of a voice. Another might see a hidden figure, the shape of a smile, or the lightness in…