Writing Fellows share their work at special reading event
On Friday, June 16, six fellows of the McGovern Center’s inaugural class of the Writing Fellowship shared their work in a special reading event held in the McGovern Medical School Leather Lounge. Readings were presented by Emily Barr, PhD, RN,…
Center core and associate faculty present on Healthcare Policy for Health Professionals
Healthcare Policy for Health Professionals (HP2), UTHealth Houston’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), was shared at the 2023 TEACH-S Educational Symposium. The symposium was held on Wednesday, June 14 at the Tilman J. Fertitta College of Medicine at the University of…
Alejandro Chaoul discusses practice of meditation in latest Well Connected podcast
Alejandro Chaoul, PhD, is adjunct faculty with the McGovern Center and leads Monday Meditations. He appears in Episode 18: Reconnecting Our Mind and Body of the UTHealth Houston Well Connected podcast. In the June 2023 episode of the Well Connected…
Keisha Ray featured in Cell
The latest issue of Cell features an article, “What does Juneteenth mean in STEMM?” a collaborative work by Black scientists in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). Keisha Ray, PhD, was one of the authors and shared an important…
Two medical humanities students named Schweitzer Fellows
The McGovern Center extends its congratulations to Sanjay Neerukonda and Bryana Stigers, both rising second-year students who are also members of the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration. Also mentioned are Patricia Marie Guzman, Isabel Kilroy, and Sanjna Tripathy who recently graduated…
Faculty put pen to paper in writer’s workshop
McGovern Medical School faculty have put a new twist on the adage “publish or perish” with their participation in the first McGovern Center Writing Fellows program. The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics just wrapped up the inaugural writing program…
McGovern Center announces partnership with Inprint Houston
The McGovern Center and Inprint Houston are now partnering to offer opportunities to enhance writing among health professionals. This will include having an Inprint Writer-in-Residence who will lead the McGovern Center-Inprint Houston Writing Fellowship. Inprint Houston fosters the art of…
McGovern Center seeks executive assistant
The McGovern Center is hiring for the position of Executive Assistant to join its dedicated team who educate medical and health professional students and work to advance the medical humanities and ethics. The position is a full-time, benefits-eligible classified staff…
Margarita Ortiz publishes case analysis in Critical Connections
McGovern Center postdoctoral fellow, Margarita Ortiz, JD, MA, published a case analysis with Chinyere O’Connor, MD, FAAP (Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston), Elizabeth G. Epstein, PhD, RN, HEC-C, FAAN (University of Virginia School of Nursing), and…
Angela Gomez promoted to faculty
Former Senior Coordinator of Special Programs, Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS, has been promoted to faculty as of May 1. Gomez has been a member of the McGovern Center and UTHealth Houston for nearly 14 years, and serves as the…