New Graduate Certificate Program piloted
The McGovern Center is piloting a new certificate program in the humanities and ethics for UTHealth Houston/McGovern Medical School fellows and residents (PGY-2 and above). The program is directed by Center faculty member Anson Koshy, MD, MBE, and will expose…
Congratulations to Renee Flores
The McGovern Center congratulates Renee Flores, MD, MHSA, FACP, EdD, for her recent graduation from the University of Houston with a Doctor of Education in Professional Leadership for Health Science Education. Flores completed a doctoral thesis, entitled “Influence of Implementation…
Sarah Syed places 3rd at TEACH-S Educational Symposium
The 2022 TEACH-S Educational Symposium, which centered on “The Power of the Learning Environment,” was held on May 12. Presenters gave talks, offered workshops, and shared posters. Sarah Syed, MD, a 2022 McGovern Medical School graduate, placed third in the…
Keisha Ray awarded for teaching excellence
Congratulations are in order for Keisha Ray, PhD, who has received the 2022 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award. Other faculty of McGovern Medical School also received this honor and are listed here.
Congratulations to Angela Gomez
The McGovern Center extends its congratulations to Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS, who graduated this week with a Master’s of Science in Educational Research from Georgia State University. She pursued the program, offered by the Department of Educational Policy Studies,…
Keisha Ray co-edits latest issue of The Hastings Center Report
The March-April 2022 issue of The Hastings Center Report focuses on, A Critical Moment in Bioethics: Reckoning with Anti-Black Racism through Intergenerational Dialogue. The issue was edited by Keisha Ray, PhD, alongside Faith E. Fletcher, PhD, MA (Baylor College of…
Former postdoctoral fellow co-edits book on disability bioethics
Former McGovern Center postdoctoral fellow Christine Wieseler, PhD, co-edited The Disability Bioethics Reader with Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD (Georgetown University). The book is the first introduction to bioethics through the lens of critical disability studies and the philosophy of disability….
Medical students share stories and art at Off Script
Since June 2016, the McGovern Center has co-sponsored Off Script: Stories from the Heart of Medicine alongside Baylor College of Medicine’s Narrative Medicine Program. These one-hour events focus on different themes, featuring stories and artist works from members of the…
New writing fellowship discussed in Scoop
In August 2022, the John P. McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics will debut a new program for Writing Fellows designed to help health care professionals in the Houston area seeking an avenue to write memoirs or creative nonfiction and…
Health care legislative successes discussed in second QEP forum
In the 87th Texas Legislature, lawmakers enacted meaningful health care policies to improve Texans’ lives. A panel of experts discussed the highlights from the legislative session as part of the second Quality Enhancement Plan forum highlighting how public policy affects…