Dr Keisha Ray, olive green dress standing in front of green grass and purple shrubbery
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 (external link).” The article discusses what to expect when considering…


Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy
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 (external link)” was recently published by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public…


Dr Marianne Florian
September 4, 2024

Marianne Florian, PhD, MA

Marianne Parrish Florian holds a post-doctoral fellowship in religion and medicine, shared between McGovern Medical School and the Institute for Spirituality and Health. Prior to this position, she taught courses in religion and health at the University of South Florida. Dr….


Dr Pritha Bhattacharyya
September 4, 2024

Pritha Bhattacharyya, PhD, MFA

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…


Emily Barr
September 1, 2024

Emily Barr, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, CNM, ACRN, FACNM, FAAN

Emily Barr is an Associate Professor at the University of Buffalo School of Nursing. Barr grew up in Rochester, NY, and earned her Bachelor of Science in Communication with a focus on scientific writing and a minor in African American…


Lilit Sargsyan
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…


Alejandro Zapata, BA
August 3, 2023

Alejandro Zapata, BA


Dr Robertson-Preidler
August 2, 2023

Joelle Robertson-Preidler, PhD, MA

Joelle Robertson-Preidler is Assistant Professor in the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston). Before joining the McGovern Center, she was an assistant professor in the Center for Medical…


Eric Solberg, MS
June 27, 2023

Eric Solberg, MS

Eric Solberg is the Associate Vice Chancellor for The University of Texas System Office of Health Affairs. He serves as the primary liaison to the UT System Faculty Advisory Committee (and the Faculty Burnout Working Group), Student Advisory Committee, Advisory…


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