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…
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…
New medical humanities speaker series launched
Funded by a BRIDGE grant awarded by Rice University, collaborators Keisha Ray, PhD (McGovern Center), and Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH (Rice University), launched a new medical humanities lecture series in Fall 2022. The series’ first speaker was Alyssa Burgart, MD,…
Thomas Cole speaks about Texas Civil Rights History
Thomas Cole, PhD, recently presented a talk on No Color Is My Kind, a book he authored about the life of the late Eldrewey Stearns and Houston’s desegregation movement. Hosted by the Bullock Texas State History Museum, Cole’s talk shared…
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 on January 30. Jain’s presentation was titled, “Pain, Stigma, and Yoga: The Politics of Self-Management Interventions,” which relates to her…