Center for Humanities and Ethics

During the 1990s, John P. McGovern, MD, initiated conversations with David Low, MD, PhD, then-president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), about the importance of humanistic education in medicine and the health professions.

A year later, in September 2004, Thomas R. Cole, PhD, a historian, gerontologist, and documentary filmmaker, was selected as Founding Director, and the John P. McGovern, MD, Center for Humanities and Ethics was launched with generous funding from the McGovern Foundation.

The McGovern Center for Humanities & Ethics provides programming for learners across UTHealth Houston’s health professional schools and in the Texas Medical Center.