March 24, 2023

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…


March 16, 2023

Arts & Resilience returns with Lanecia Rouse Tinsley

The McGovern Medical school Arts & Resilience program returns for its third installment of 2023, welcoming multidisciplinary artist Lanecia Rouse Tinsley. The presentation will begin at noon, March 22 and will be held on Zoom. Rouse Tinsley, is an artist…


March 9, 2023

Physician writer Samuel Shem visits McGovern Medical School

McGovern Medical School welcomed internationally recognized author Samuel Shem as part of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics’ Arts & Resilience Program, March 7. Shem, the pen name of Stephen Bergman, MD, PhD, is a novelist, playwright, essayist, and…


March 1, 2023

Arts & Resilience welcomes author Samuel Shem

The lone in-person edition of the 2022-23 Arts and Resilience lineup features internationally renowned novelist Samuel Shem, March 7 in the TMC Library, Large Classroom. The event will also be streamed live via Zoom. Shem, the pen name of Stephen…


February 16, 2023

Arts & Resilience announces 2023 lineup

The John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics announces the return of its Arts & Resilience Program as a five-part series, which will resume Feb. 23. The 2022-23 speaker lineup opened with the return of Laura Spector, a…


December 8, 2022

Laura Spector to present virtual exhibit on Grief, Apology, and Healing for Arts & Resilience

The John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics welcomes back Laura Spector for its fall event of the Arts & Resilience program, Dec. 15. Spector, a fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts, will present an…


December 8, 2022

Jordan Lazenby wins inaugural McGovern Medical School teaching competition

On December 7, the inaugural McGovern Medical School Teaching Competition was held, with 8 medical students vying for the Gary C. Rosenfeld Award for Excellence in Teaching. A panel of three judges—John Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD, Executive Dean…


November 29, 2022

McGovern to host inaugural teaching competition

In partnership with the Academic Medical Student Organization and Medical Student Research Office in the Office of Educational Programs, the McGovern Center will host the inaugural McGovern Medical School Teaching Competition, Dec. 7. The competition will feature abstracts from students…


October 29, 2022

Medical humanities students attend TOC TOC play

On October 27, medical humanities concentration students Miguel Moreno, Hannah Coco, and Emma Stenz, along with the McGovern Center’s Margarita Ortiz, JD, MA, attended TOC TOC (in English, OCD) at MATCH Theatre. Ultimately dealing with the seriousness of OCD and…


July 21, 2022

Spector returns for Arts & Resilience

The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics welcomes back Laura Spector for a summer event of its Arts & Resilience Program, July 28. Spector, a fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts, will present her workshop Drawing for…


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