Applications welcome for next cohort of Writing Fellows
The McGovern Center-Inprint Writing Fellowship welcomes applications to join the 2024-2025 cohort. This intensive writers’ workshop is a year-long creative writing program open to all healthcare professionals (including basic scientists) in Houston. Applications are due by August 15, 2024.
Emily Barr publishes pieces in The Paris Review and AIDS
Two pieces written by Emily Barr, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, CNM, FAAN, were recently published. The first is “Vespers: A Nursing Origin Story Set in the Dawn of the HIV Pandemic,” which was published online in the journal, AIDS. In Vespers,…
Anson Koshy invited as visiting professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Anson Koshy, MD, MBE, has been invited as a Visiting Virtual Professor for the Health Humanities and Health Systems Science Distinction Tracks: Generating a Guild of Authentic Citizens in Healthcare. This interprofessional program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine focuses…
Anson Koshy publishes essay in Pastoral Psychology
McGovern Center faculty Anson Koshy, MD, MBE, published a paper in Pastoral Psychology. The piece, “Decalcomania and Anticipatory Aesthetics: Envisioning Days of Future Past,” is an essay about the power of visual work of art to create opportunities for self-reflection,…
Keisha Ray quoted in The New York Times
A recent article in The New York Times,” discusses “Sexism in Medicine? It’s Not ‘All in Her Head.’“. McGovern Center associate professor, Keisha Ray, PhD, was interviewed about racism and sexism in clinical care.
McGovern Center members present at Shine Academy conference
The University of Texas System Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education hosted the 2024 Innovations in Health Science Education Conference in Austin, TX, from February 22 to 23. Several members of the McGovern Center presented at the…
New National Collaborative on Humanities and Ethics in Dentistry Launched
Marking the launch of a National Collaborative on Humanities and Ethics in Dentistry was the February 13 presentation, “Everything Comes Alive with Cherry Pie: Stories of Life at the End of Life,” by Marcia Brennan, PhD. Brennan is the Carolyn…
Arts & Resilience to feature Garzón, Magana
The John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics’ Arts & Resilience Program welcomes artists Nela Garzón and Gabriela Magana for the first of two events in the spring of 2024. The event begins at noon, Feb. 22 on…
New article by Keisha Ray discusses moral injury
Keisha Ray, PhD, recently published an editorial online in The American Journal of Bioethics. In “We Are Not Okay: Moral Injury and a World on Fire,” Ray discusses that moral injury “looks beyond the self” and “gives a name to…
Joelle Robertson-Preidler quoted in Medical Ethics Advisor
A recent piece entitled, “Difficult Cases, Unclear Boundaries Put Ethicists at Risk for Burnout,” focused on ethicists’ roles in addressing burnout in organizations. McGovern Center assistant professor, Joelle Robertson-Preidler, PhD, MA, was quoted about the importance of reporting burnout. Robertson-Preidler…