Medical humanities graduate named outstanding neuroscience student
The Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy has named Emma Stenz, MS4, as the winner of the Outstanding Student in Neuroscience Award. Stenz matched in her area of passion, ophthalmology, and will be a resident physician at the University of Washington…
Keisha Ray quoted in Everyday Health about pelvic and prostate exams
A recent piece, “Pelvic and Prostate Exams Without Patient Consent Banned From Medical Training,” in Everyday Health includes comments from Keisha Ray, PhD, about changes to federal guidelines banning the controversial teaching practice of allowing these exams without patient consent….
TEACH-S poster by QEP team members wins 3rd place
Center members Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS, and Jessica Wise, MPH, PhD(c), presented a poster at the 2024 Texas Educator’s Academies Collaborative for Health Professions (TEACH-S) Educational Symposium in Galveston, TX, on May 3 about the digital learning efforts used…
Writing Fellow publishes several works
Cross-posted from Cizik School of Nursing When Emily Barr learned that the McGovern Center for Humanities & Ethics would offer a writing fellowship, she applied with a specific goal in mind – to submit for publication an essay she began…
McGovern students present at SGEA Conference
McGovern Medical School joined Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Medical Branch in hosting the 2024 Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) Annual Conference from April 11-13, 2024. The SGEA is a regional affinity group of the…
Poem by Emily Barr published in The Perch
A poem by Emily Barr, PhD, RN, was published in the Spring 2024 issue of The Perch. The poem, “Paparazzi,” reflects on her experience after losing her brother, likening the flashing bulbs of the paparazzi to the rare eye condition…
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,…
Art Wall features work by medical students
Graduating students from the Class of 2024 completed artistic pieces as part of their final projects in the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration or within the “Artivism” sub-elective taught as part of the fourth-year course, Humanistic Elements of Medicine.
Angela Gomez named web manager and executive committee member with AERA division
Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS, is now the Web Manager of Division D – Measurement and Research Methodologies of the American Educational Research Association. Following a one-year appointment as Assistant Manager, Gomez will oversee email and web communications among the…