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.
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)….
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…
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…
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…
McGovern Center hosts festschrift in honor of Thomas Cole
From April 12 – 14, 2023, the McGovern Center hosted a small conference in honor of Thomas R. Cole, PhD, founding director of the Center. The conference consisted of a dozen scholars who presented and workshopped papers touching on key…
Pritha Bhattacharyya wins prize for fiction
Pritha Bhattacharyya, MFA, won the 2023 Inprint Joan and Stanford Alexander Prize in Fiction. As part of the Menil’s Neighborhood Community Day on April 1, she will give a short reading of her prize-winning work alongside other award recipients. Bhattacharyya…
Black Health, book by Keisha Ray released today
Center assistant professor Keisha Ray, PhD, wrote Black Health: The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People’s Health, which was released today by Oxford University Press. Ray’s book is part of the publisher’s Bioethics for Social Justice series and…
Announcement of the 2023 Karff Awards winners
The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics (McGovern Center) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Karff Chair Awards. These are given to graduating seniors at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. These awards are made possible through…
Health Systems & Safety Net Care series concludes with fieldwork and luncheon
The blue book elective series Health Systems and Safety Net Care was organized by second-year medical student Calvin Wong and advised by Jane Hamilton, PhD, MPH, LCSW, associate professor in the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The key…