Had a great conversation with Samuel Shem: youtube.com/watch?v=aH1rqj…

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS. We are hosting a conference honoring the work of 3, which will also be a part of an edited volume. Scholars will receive $1000 for their work. See details here. med.uth.edu/mcgovern/2022/…

McGovern Center launches Writing Workshop for Health Professionals— From August 2022–May 2023, health professionals have the opportunity to participate in a new course, featuring once-a-month writing workshops. $750/$500 for residents. Apps due 6/30/22 med.uth.edu/mcgovern/2022/…

I went to visit Samuel Shem to interview him. A lot of new material here, especially as he talks, for the first time, about his childhood abuse by his parents: youtube.com/watch?v=ofiZGt…

My new book is available as a free download until October 6 from Cambridge University Press: cambridge.org/core/elements/…

McGovern Center has been busy this week! Faculty and past and present students have been presenting at The Innovations in Arts and Health conference in Houston

We are hiring! McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track faculty position for fall (Sept) 2023. See our website or ask faculty search chair @DrKeishaRay for more info. med.uth.edu/mcgovern/ Apply: go.uth.edu/mcgovern-cente… #medhum #bioethics

Join us as we welcome Samuel Shem to UTHealth Houston McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics in-person and via zoom! March 7, 11am. TMC library. Register at go.uth.edu/samuel-shem-li… (in-person) Register by ZOOM: go.uth.edu/samuel-shem

Very happy to host Samuel Shem at McGovern Medical School to read from his new novel, "Our Hospital."

Darla Brown wrote a really nice article about our McGovern Center Writing Fellows program. We're now taking applications for next year! med.uth.edu/mcgovern/2023/…

The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics has partnered with Inprint to offer a year-long creative writing program open to all healthcare professionals (including basic scientists) in Houston.

Congratulations to the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, so wonderful to have the Journal of Medical Humanities in Houston & Nathan Carlin as the editor!

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