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  • Oxford University Press logo New forthcoming book from Nathan Carlin

    Nathan Carlin, PhD, received a contract from Oxford University Press to write a monograph on medicine and secularization. Its tentative...

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  • Keisha Ray Keisha Ray receives book contract from Oxford

    Keisha Ray, PhD, recently accepted a book contract for her forthcoming book, Black Health: Social, Cultural, and Political Determinants, from...

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  • Daily Nous logo Keisha Ray among philosophers weighing-in on reopening higher education institutions

    Several philosophers shared perspectives on reopening higher education institutions in a recent Daily Nous piece entitled, “Philosophers on Reopening Colleges...

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  • #BlackBioethics logo Blog by Keisha Ray discusses black bioethics and mainstream bioethics

    “Black Bioethics and How the Failures of the Profession Paved the Way for Its Existence,” is the title of the...

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  • Pastoral Aesthetics book cover Nathan Carlin’s latest book discussed on New Books Network

    In a recent podcast on New Books Network, Nathan Carlin, PhD, discussed with Claire Clark, PhD, MPH, his 2019 book...

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  • Medical Humanities: An Introduction 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 Spring 2020 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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  • Old Man Country cover The Page 99 Test features “Old Man Country,” plus Shelf Awareness review

    Old Man Country: My Search for Meaning Among the Elders is the latest book written by Thomas Cole, PhD.  The...

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  • Psychology Today Thomas Cole discusses latest book on Psychology Today

    “My Journey Into Old Man Country,” appeared on the Psychology Today website this week. In the piece, Thomas Cole, PhD,...

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  • Thomas Cole Thomas Cole interviewed by Wall Street Journal

    The Wall Street Journal’s Clare Ansberry recently interviewed Thomas Cole, PhD, about his latest book, Old Man Country. In the...

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  • Houston Chronicle Logo Houston Chronicle reviews “Old Man Country”

    Thomas Cole, PhD, saw his latest book Old Man Country: My Search for Meaning Among the Elders released in late...

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  • Old Man Country cover “Old Man Country” by Thomas Cole is released

    A new book by Thomas Cole, PhD, was published recently and has since been featured in the news.  Cole spoke...

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  • Michael Bagg Michael Bagg writes opinion piece on studying gun violence

    Michael Bagg recently wrote an opinion piece for the Houston Chronicle. In the piece, Bagg, a student of McGovern Medical...

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  • Ryan Cassidy 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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  • Twitter post featuring female muscle system Keisha Ray discusses medical photos and women’s health in recent blog

    Keisha Ray, PhD, recently wrote a blog post for the American Journal of Bioethics titled, “Medical Photos, CPR Dolls, and...

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  • Timothy Houk Two papers by Timothy Houk published

    Timothy Houk, PhD published recently two papers. The first paper is a coauthored piece entitled, “Marketing the Research Missions of...

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  • Human Ties Spring 2019 issue 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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  • Keisha Ray Blog post by Keisha Ray focuses on anti-fat bias

    Reflecting on personal experience, Keisha Ray, PhD, authored a blog post on Bioethics.net about fat bias titled, “Going to the...

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  • Nursing Ethics journal cover Angela Polczynski publishes first-author paper with Cathy Rozmus and Nathan Carlin

    Angela Polczynski, MBA, Cathy Rozmus, PhD, RN, and Nathan Carlin, PhD published recently a paper entitled, “Beyond Silos: An Interprofessional,...

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  • Texas Heart Institute Journal 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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  • Ryan Cassidy 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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  • Sylvia Villarreal Sylvia Villarreal’s poetry prize win featured in Scoop

    Cross-posted from Scoop Sylvia Villarreal, MEd, MPH, project manager of the Sacred Vocation Program at McGovern Center for Humanities and...

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  • Christine Wieseler, PhD Christine Weiseler co-authors piece about accessibility and care for patients with disabilities

    Former Center postdoctoral fellow publishes paper about improving accessibility and quality of care for patients with disability.

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  • Sylvia Villarreal Sylvia Villarreal wins annual poetry prize

    Annals of Internal Medicine awards annual poetry prize to Sylvia Villarreal

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  • Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones) Personal narrative published in medical humanities journal

    Jonathan Xian publishes personal narrative in Hektoen International.

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  • Keisha Ray New blog post by Keisha Ray focuses on aging

    Keisha Ray wrote recently a blog post contemplating aging and our responsibilities to our aging families.

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  • AJOB issue cover Recent commentary by Keisha Ray appears in AJOB

    American Journal of Bioethics published recently Keisha Ray's commentary on intersectionality and power imbalances faced by clinicians of color.

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  • Dr. Red Duke Bryant Boutwell to present on Duke biography

    Biography on Dr. Red Duke focus of upcoming presentation by Bryant Boutwell, DrPH.

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  • Teaching Health Humanities book cover Teaching Health Humanities to be released in early 2019

    Health humanities book co-edited by Nathan Carlin and Thomas Cole will be released in 2019.

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  • Pastoral Aesthetics book cover Forthcoming book from Nathan Carlin

    Pastoral Aesthetics by Nathan Carlin will be released in Spring 2019.

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  • Human Ties Inaugural Issue Cover Human Ties Digest featured in Scoop

    First issue of Human Ties Digest discussed in Scoop.

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  • Human Ties Inaugural Issue Cover First issue of Human Ties Digest released

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

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  • Woods Nash Article in The Atlantic references Woods Nash

    Woods Nash's recent article about limitations of medical ethics cases discussed in The Atlantic.

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  • Journal of Religion & Health issue Nathan Carlin coedits special issue of Journal of Religion and Health

    Special issue of Journal of Religion and Health guest co-edited by Nathan Carlin.

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  • Sylvia Villarreal Poem by Sylvia Villarreal appears in Annals of Internal Medicine

    "Provisions" published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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  • Perspectives in Biology and Medicine issue Thomas Cole and Ben Saxton publish essay on challenges of the Fourth Age

    Challenges for men facing the Fourth Age is the subject of a recent essay by Thomas Cole and Benjamin Saxton.

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  • Alejandro Chaoul Alejandro Chaoul’s forthcoming book due out in July

    July release date set for Alejandro Chaoul's latest book.

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  • Anson Koshy Newsletter features piece coauthored by Anson Koshy

    Anson Koshy coauthors piece in NRC Newsletter.

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  • Journal of Medical Humanities 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 David Savage publishes story from Hurricane Harvey

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

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  • AJOB issue Rebecca Lunstroth publishes clinical ethics case analysis in AJOB

    A clinical ethics case analysis written by Rebecca Lunstroth and Rhashedah Ekeoduru was recently published by The American Journal of Bioethics.

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  • Sylvia Villarreal “All Clear,” a poem by Sylvia Villarreal published

    Sylvia Villarreal's poem "All Clear" published in Journal of Medical Humanities.

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  • Christine Wieseler, PhD Christine Wieseler to give upcoming talks, has publication accepted

    Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Christine Wiesler, has many talks planned for the Fall as well as an accepted publication.

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  • Nathan Carlin Nathan Carlin publishes reflection on volunteer work

    Reflection piece about volunteering at HCPC published by Nathan Carlin.

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  • Claire Clark Former postdoctoral fellow publishes op-ed, book

    Former Center postdoctoral fellow, Claire Clark authors op-ed in Washington Post.

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  • Woods Nash Latest poem by Woods Nash published

    "Song for Pollock," written by Woods Nash was published in JAMA.

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  • Hypatia issue Christine Wieseler’s book review appears online

    Book review on Phenomenology of Illness by Christine Wieseler published online.

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  • Thomas Cole Book review by Thomas Cole to appear in Cambridge Quarterly

    Thomas Cole's book review will appear in July issue of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics.

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  • Intima logo Poem recently published by adjunct faculty member, Woods Nash

    "Sovereign and Severe," a poem by Woods Nash, appears in Intima.

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  • Sacred Vocation Logo Paper about Sacred Vocation Program published

    Sylvia Villarreal, Woods Nash, and Thomas Cole publish in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education.

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  • Academic Medicine issue Photo commentary by Woods Nash published

    Woods Nash publishes commentary on a photo of a former psychiatric hospital.

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  • Woods Nash Book review by Woods Nash published recently

    Woods Nash's review appears in the Journal of Medical Humanities.

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  • JAMA Poem by Woods Nash published recently in JAMA

    Woods Nash's latest poem appears in JAMA.

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  • Keisha Ray Keisha Ray’s recent work published in AJOB

    Articles and a blog post by Keisha Ray published by AJOB.

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  • JAMA JAMA publishes poem by Woods Nash

    Woods Nash's poem appears in issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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  • JGIM logo 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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  • Oxford University Press logo Oxford University Press extends book contract to Nathan Carlin and Thomas Cole

    Nathan Carlin and Thomas Cole receive contract to coedit Teaching Health Humanities.

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  • Nathan Carlin Nathan Carlin to serve as Board Member for journal

    Pastoral Psychology welcomes Nathan Carlin as Board Member.

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  • Keisha Ray Keisha Ray authors blog posts on AJOB

    AJOB blogs posted recently by Keisha Ray.

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  • The Cormac McCarthy Journal Woods Nash publishes in The Cormac McCarthy Journal

    Paper written by Woods Nash published in the 2015 issue of The Cormac McCarthy Journal.

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  • The Brewsters McGovern Center members publish article about The Brewsters

    The Brewsters discussed in a recent research article in Nursing Ethics.

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  • Thomas Cole Pathography by Thomas Cole published in Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

    Voices of illness section of journal features piece by Thomas Cole.

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  • In-Training Jon Wolfshohl published in online magazine

    Fourth-year student publishes piece on in-Training.

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  • Woods Nash Poem by Woods Nash published in JAMA

    JAMA publishes poem written by postdoctoral fellow, Woods Nash.

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  • Kevin MD Medical Humanities student publishes reflection piece

    Enstin Ye published recently, "When Compassionate Care Isn't Truly Compassionate."

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  • Sylvia Villarreal Sylvia Villarreal publishes poem in JAMA

    Poem written by Sylvia Villarreal appears in JAMA.

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  • JAMA Woods Nash’s poem published in JAMA

    Poem by Woods Nash appears in recent issue of JAMA.

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  • The Plague Woods Nash to edit book on Camus’s The Plague

    Book editing contract extended to Woods Nash for derivative work of The Plague.

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  • Journal of Medical Humanities Poems and commentaries by Woods Nash published

    The Journal of Medical Humanities published three poems and commentaries by Woods Nash.

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  • Gift of Sublimation book cover Nathan Carlin co-authors forthcoming book

    Co-authored with Donald Capps, Nathan Carlin will soon release The Gift of Sublimation: A Psychoanalytic Study of Multiple Masculinities.

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  • Bellevue Literary Review Poem by Woods Nash to be published in Bellevue Literary Review

    Bellevue Literary Review to publish poem by Woods Nash.

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  • Appalachian Journal Woods Nash published in JAMA and Appalachian Journal

    Postdoctoral fellow, Woods Nash publishes poem and article in two journals.

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  • Academic Medicine issue Woods Nash published in Academic Medicine

    Commentary by Woods Nash on Jack Gilbert poem featured in Academic Medicine.

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  • Nathan Carlin Nathan Carlin offered contract to write a monograph

    Oxford University Press offers contract to Nathan Carlin to write a monograph.

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  • Woods Nash Woods Nash published in JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and elsewhere

    Works by Woods Nash published recently in several journals.

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  • Cambridge Quarterly Nathan Carlin and Woods Nash published in Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

    Articles by Nathan Carlin and Woods Nash published.

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  • Claire Clark Claire Clark writes blog for Houston Chronicle

    Blog piece for Baker Institute Blog written by postdoctoral fellow.

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  • Nathan Carlin Blog post for The Lancet Student written by Nathan Carlin

    Nathan Carlin authored recently a blog The Lancet Student.

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  • The Brewsters The Brewsters faculty development begins for summer

    Entering UTHealth students read The Brewsters, a choose-your-own-adventure book in ethics and professionalism.

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  • John P. McGovern, MD: A Lifetime of Stories Bryant Boutwell releases book about John P. McGovern

    Proceeds for Bryant Boutwell's latest book to support scholarship fund.

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  • Bryant Boutwell Bryant Boutwell writes blog about Houston’s medical history

    Blogs and articles by Bryant Boutwell focus on Houston's medical history.

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