Nathan Carlin featured on podcast
Nathan Carlin, PhD, professor of medical humanities and author of The Secularization of Medicine, recently joined Dan Koch, PhD, on his podcast (Religion on the Mind (external link)) to discuss why modern medicine functions as a new form of religion….
Postdoctoral Fellow position available for September 1 start date
The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to begin on September 1, 2026. The successful candidate will participate in center activities, with opportunities for teaching, educational development, research, publishing, and more. Candidates…
Keisha Ray interviewed on Bioethics Chats
Center associate professor, Keisha Ray, PhD, recently appeared on Bioethics Chats (external link)from The Hastings Center for Bioethics. In the episode, Hastings Center president, Vardit Ravitsky, hears from Ray who discusses the identity crisis she has observed in bioethics and how…
Resilience Through Creativity: Reflecting on the power of small acts
Faculty members of the UTHealth Houston community gathered virtually for “Resilience Through Creativity,” a reflective writing session, on Oct. 15. Resilience Through Creativity was hosted by Nahid Rianon, MD, DrPH, associate dean for Faculty Affairs and Memorial Hermann Chair at…
McGovern Center seeks Assistant Professor to focus on writing, narrative medicine
The McGovern Center is accepting applications for Assistant Professor, Non-Tenure-Track (Education). The faculty role is expected to lead and expand the Center’s current writing and narrative medicine programs for health professional trainees at all career levels. The position is expected…
Pritha Bhattacharyya publishes new story in The Kenyon Review
Postdoctoral fellow and McGovern Center-Inprint Writer-in-Residence Pritha Bhattacharyya, PhD, recently published a new story in The Kenyon Review. The story, “The Trouble with Brown People,” is a play on the famous Raymond Carver story, “What We Talk About When We Talk About…
Nathan Carlin’s latest book released
The Secularization of Medicine (external link), authored by Nathan Carlin, PhD, was recently released by Oxford University Press. The book explores the often-overlooked religious dimensions of modern medicine. It is available through the publisher and on websites like Amazon.
Submissions open for Human Ties Digest issue, Kaleidoscope
Human Ties Digest will return with its next issue in Spring 2026. The call for submissions is now open for original written or visual works. Submissions will be accepted through January 25, 2026, at the link (external link) or QR…
Center faculty publish AJOB editorial
Joelle Robertson-Preidler, PhD, and Keisha Ray, PhD, recently authored, “The Climate Is Changing. Should Clinical Ethics Change, Too? (external link)” The guest editorial appears in the current issues of the American Journal of Bioethics.
Postdoctoral fellowship alum publishes new article
We are proud to share that our former postdoctoral fellow, Margarita Ortiz, JD, MA, has just published a thought-provoking article in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, titled “Parental Authority and the Weight of Assent: Navigating Moral Dilemmas in Adolescent End-of-Life…