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May 29, 2023

McGovern Center announces partnership with Inprint Houston

The McGovern Center and Inprint Houston are now partnering to offer opportunities to enhance writing among health professionals. This will include having an Inprint Writer-in-Residence who will lead the McGovern Center-Inprint Houston Writing Fellowship. Inprint Houston fosters the art of…


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May 28, 2023

McGovern Center seeks executive assistant

The McGovern Center is hiring for the position of Executive Assistant to join its dedicated team who educate medical and health professional students and work to advance the medical humanities and ethics. The position is a full-time, benefits-eligible classified staff…


Margarita Ortiz, JD, MA
May 28, 2023

Margarita Ortiz publishes case analysis in Critical Connections

McGovern Center postdoctoral fellow, Margarita Ortiz, JD, MA, published a case analysis with Chinyere O’Connor, MD, FAAP (Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston), Elizabeth G. Epstein, PhD, RN, HEC-C, FAAN (University of Virginia School of Nursing), and…


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May 15, 2023

Angela Gomez promoted to faculty

Former Senior Coordinator of Special Programs, Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS, has been promoted to faculty as of May 1. Gomez has been a member of the McGovern Center and UTHealth Houston for nearly 14 years, and serves as the…


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May 3, 2023

Keisha Ray receives Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award

For the second consecutive year, Keisha Ray, PhD, has received the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award. Ray directs the McGovern Center’s Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration, the fourth-year elective Humanistic Elements of Medicine, and the longitudinal themes within McGovern Medical School’s curriculum….


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April 28, 2023

Keisha Ray awarded tenure

The McGovern Center congratulates Keisha Ray, PhD, who has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure, effective September 1. Dr. Ray was a former Postdoctoral Fellow with the Center and, later, returned as Assistant Professor in January 2019.


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April 28, 2023

Environmental injustice focus of recent article co-authored by Keisha Ray

A recent article in the American Journal of Bioethics explores “The Bioethics of Environmental Injustice: Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Implications of Unhealthy Environments.” The piece was co-authored by Keisha Ray, PhD, and Jane F. Cooper, JD, MA (University of Toronto)….


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April 21, 2023

QEP-CIPC collaboration presented at annual interprofessional education meeting

Francine Snow, DrPH, MSN, RN-BC (Cizik School of Nursing), Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS (McGovern Center), and Rachel Jantea, MD, MS (McGovern Medical School), gave a presentation on the Virtual Interprofessional Policy Simulation (VIPS) at the 2023 Texas Interprofessional Education…


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April 20, 2023

Spring 2023 edition of Human Ties Digest released

“Identity” is the focus of the latest edition of Human Ties Digest. This issue features writings from members of McGovern Medical School, including faculty, residents, and students. The content was curated by co-editors, Nidha Sha and Patricia Marie Guzman, and…


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April 17, 2023

Keisha Ray quoted in news piece about heart failure risks

Medical News Today recently published a piece by journalist Beth JoJack, “Why adults in rural areas face higher risk of heart failure,” In the article, findings from an observational study were discussed, including that those living in rural areas are…


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