Laura Spector to participate in annual leadership conference
The Federation of Houston Professional Women’s annual leadership conference will focus on, “Embracing AI: Leading the Future, Today.” Planned for May 16, 2025, Laura Spector will participate in a panel on governance and AI alongside professionals from Memorial Hermann Health…
A History of Healing mural time-lapse video unveiled
Watch the time-lapse of “A History of Healing: From Past to Progress,” an interactive coloring mural by Artist-in-Residence Laura Spector, created in celebration of the McGovern Center’s 20th anniversary. This collaborative artwork invited participants to explore and reflect on the…
Carlin increases McGovern Center’s visibility with national award
Nathan Carlin, PhD, director of the John P. McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, has been unanimously selected as the winner of the 2025 Health Humanities Visionary Award. He was presented the award from the Health Humanities Consortium at its…
Medical Humanities alumni publish book, edited by Nathan Carlin and Keisha Ray
Published by Oxford University Press and edited by Nathan Carlin, PhD, and Keisha Ray, PhD, is Medicine, Meaning, and Identity: Essays from Early-Career Physicians. The book features 15 essays written by 16 alumni of the Center’s Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration. Description…
Angela Gomez recognized by two professional organizations
Center faculty, Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS, was recognized by two professional organizations for her service and scholarship. During the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting, held in Denver, CO, in April, Gomez received a certificate for her two years…
Renee Flores receives educator of the year award
The Outstanding Mid-Career Clinician Educator of the Year Award is targeted to a mid-career clinician educator faculty member (Associate Professor) who has made significant contributions to the education and training of students/trainees in geriatrics and the progress of geriatrics education in…
Pritha Bhattacharyya and Renee Flores lead Resilience Through Creativity exercise
A new wellness initiative from the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development offers UTHealth Houston faculty the opportunity to explore creative writing in an effort to reduce faculty burnout. “The Office of Faculty Affairs is focused on well-being in order…
Coloring A History
McGovern Medical School students, faculty and staff participate in an interactive coloring book mural, commissioned in honor of the 20th anniversary of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics. Designed by artist-in-residence Laura Spector, the mural features a “cabinet of curiosities”…
Medical humanities students win Karff Chair Awards
The McGovern Center is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Karff Awards. These awards are given to graduating seniors at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. These awards are made possible through the Samuel Karff Chair, which is…
Joelle Robertson-Preidler publishes paper on communication
Center assistant professor, Joelle Robertson-Preidler, PhD, recently published a paper, “The Structural Inequality of Status Quo Clinical Communication,” in The American Journal of Bioethics. In the article, Robertson-Preidler discusses that clinician communication follows medical mental models that may conflict with…