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Coauthored paper on autonomy by Colin Goodman and Timothy Houk accepted for publication
“Misapplying Autonomy: Why Patient Wishes Cannot Settle Treatment Decisions” is the title of a forthcoming paper in Theoretical Medicine and...

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Virtual conference on experiences of early-career physicians hosted
“Varieties of Medical Experience: Early-Career Physicians Write Their Lives,” was the title of a recent virtual conference organized by Nathan...

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Humanities graduates celebrated at virtual banquet
The McGovern Center’s 14th Annual Graduation Banquet was held virtually to honor the graduates of the Clinical Humanities Certificate Program...

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Recipients of the 2021 Karff Chair Awards announced
The McGovern Center is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Karff Chair Awards. These are given to graduating...

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Keisha Ray explores intersections across bioethics and humanities in virtual discussion
Keisha Ray, PhD, participated in a plenary session of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) 22nd Annual Conference...

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McGovern Center course features author in discussion
The McGovern Center’s fourth-year elective, Humanistic Elements of Medicine includes three weeks of graduate-style humanities seminars with Center faculty. During...

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Nathan Carlin releases new interviews for Life & Work
Two new episodes are now available for Life & Work, a podcast-like series hosted by Nathan Carlin, PhD. In each...

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McGovern Center names winners of the 2020 Karff Chair Awards
The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics (McGovern Center) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Karff Chair...

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Dermatology blue book elective featured in Scoop
The Humanities in Dermatology is the latest blue book sponsored by the McGovern Center and a collaborative offering with McGovern...

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Medical humanities textbook to be translated
Coauthored by Thomas Cole, PhD, Nathan Carlin, PhD, and Ronald Carson, PhD, Medical Humanities: An Introduction was published by Cambridge...

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Human Ties returns with special issue
Launched in Fall 2018, Human Ties Digest has released a special issue in honor of the McGovern Center’s 15th Anniversary....

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Andrea Jain talks pain, stigma, and yoga
The McGovern Center’s humanities programs for dental and medical students welcomed Andrea R. Jain, PhD, for the Spring Humanities Dinner...

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Medical humanities students named fellows
Seven students from McGovern Medical School were named recently as members of the 2019-2020 class of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship...

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Keisha Ray interviewed about race and gender
Keisha Ray, PhD, was interviewed recently on the question of what doctors are doing about racial bias in healthcare. In...

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Medical humanities student receives award for excellence
Anisha Somani is pursuing an MD/MPH dual-degree at McGovern Medical School and the School of Public Health. A member of...

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Medical humanities student coauthors paper on stress
Ryan Cassidy is a participant of the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration and is a dual-degree student pursuing an MD/PhD through...

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McGovern Center electives and programs featured in Year in Review
McGovern Medical School’s annual Year in Review, At the Epicenter of Trauma, features several offerings of the McGovern Center. “Medical...

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Human Ties returns with second issue
Human Ties returns with its second issue, the Spring 2019 Digest. The overarching theme of this issue is “personal narrative”...

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Austin Wang performs for humanities course project
Humanistic Elements of Medicine is a fourth-year elective offered by the McGovern Center. By the end of the course, students...

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Piece by Michael Lehner published in Texas Heart Institute Journal
Fourth-year medical student and medical humanities program member Michael Lehner published recently in the Texas Heart Institute Journal. The piece...

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Medical humanities student Ryan Cassidy publishes first-author paper
Ryan Cassidy is an MD/PhD student of the McGovern Medical School and the MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical...

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Medical Humanities students inducted into honor society
On March 25, the Gold Humanism Honor Society hosted an induction ceremony for the new member of 2019 joining the...

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Personal narrative published in medical humanities journal
Jonathan Xian publishes personal narrative in Hektoen International.

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Kathrine McGovern joins McGovern Day celebration
McGovern Day celebration welcomes special guest, Mrs. Kathrine McGovern.

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New program in Medical Humanities a collaboration between Rice and McGovern
Humanities students of Rice University will gain access to the medical humanities through the McGovern Center and McGovern Medical School.

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Human Ties Digest featured in Scoop
First issue of Human Ties Digest discussed in Scoop.

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First issue of Human Ties Digest released
The inaugural issue of Human Ties Digest released for Fall 2018.

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Humanities in Film series covered in Scoop
Student-led blue book elective, Humanities in Film, subject of Scoop story.

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Center programs featured in 2017 Year in Review
Arts & Resilience and Anson Koshy's photography course are featured in Finding the Silver Lining.

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Medical Humanities students receive Albert Schweitzer Fellowships
Two students of the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration named Albert Schweitzer Fellows.

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Medical Humanities student receives travel award to present at regional meeting
Lawrence Lin receives a travel scholarship to present at the 2018 SGEA Meeting.

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Woods Nash edits special issue of Journal of Medical Humanities
Special issue of Journal of Medical Humanities on mental illness, edited by Woods Nash.

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David Savage publishes story from Hurricane Harvey
MD/PhD student David Savage publishes Hurricane Harvey story in AAMC blog.

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Sacred Sites of Houston elective series featured in campus publications
Campus news story by Jonathan Garris discusses Sacred Sites of Houston elective.

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Graduates of 2017 honored at annual banquet
Annual graduation banquet honors 16 graduates of the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration.

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Book review by Bryan Rennie quotes Nathan Carlin
Review from the Los Angeles Review of Books references Nathan Carlin.

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Collin Mulcahy and Woods Nash publish in JGIM
Essay by Collin Mulcahy and Woods Nash published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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Medical Humanities students present at poster session
Scholarly Concentrations Program's Poster Session features work by Medical Humanities students.

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Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration hosts holiday reception
The Center held recently its annual holiday reception for medical humanities students.

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Thomas Cole to participate on panel about humanities, medicine, and STEM
An upcoming panel discussion on "Humanities, Medicine, and STEM" will include Center director, Thomas Cole.

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McGovern Center involved in national conference
Staff and faculty present at ASBH.

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Medical Humanities student publishes reflection piece
Enstin Ye published recently, "When Compassionate Care Isn't Truly Compassionate."

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McGovern Center sponsors new blue book electives
New blue books offered by the Center.

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Graduation Banquet hosted for Class of 2015
Medical humanities graduates honored at annual banquet.

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Monthly Movie Night kicked off in November 2014
Monthly Movie Night launched as new educational opportunity for UTHealth students.

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Rebecca Lunstroth visits Baylor University
Center Assistant Director gives talk about Affordable Care Act at Baylor University.

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McGovern Center members present at ASBH
Nathan Carlin and other Center members presented at the ASBH Annual Meeting.

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Welcome Reception hosted for Scholarly Concentration participants
Medical Humanities program welcomes students with annual reception.

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Bryant Boutwell discusses the importance of medical humanities
Recent talk on the importance of medical humanities to medical education presented by Bryant Boutwell.

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Nathan Carlin to present at Medical Speaker Conference
Rice University's Second Annual Medical Speaker Conference will feature Nathan Carlin.

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