Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics

12/04/2025

OnCorps is a wonderful arts initiative for Veterans led by our colleagues in the UTSA School of Music and UTSA Arts. Please support their event this week.

12/03/2025

The inaugural performance of the baby grand by MS1 Isabella Truong last night in the Holly auditorium foyer at the Annual Research Day reception.

11/21/2025

Here is an article by our faculty member Dr. Rachel Pearson 'Why We Know So Little About Medicines During Pregnancy. Dr. Pearson writes about how we could ethically include pregnant women in research studies, and the anxiety women face in making decisions about the medicine they should take without clear guidelines

Trump’s attacks on Tylenol come after decades in which many women were excluded from medical studies, which has created uncertainty about which drugs are safe.

11/20/2025

Dr. Melanie Stone and Jacqueline Tovar attended the 2025 Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science Community Engagement Symposium on Deep Roots, Resilient Voices, and Collective Action through Community-Academic Partnerships in Health Research on Saturday, Nov 8th. They showcased their research poster “Analysis of a Grant Model for Service-Learning Community Engagement”.

11/06/2025

Join us for the 2025 Conversations About Ethics, presented and facilitated by Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN. Learn transformative strategies for individuals and systems to deal with moral suffering and build moral resilience. CME, CNE, and CEU available.

This free event is open to all. Register now: https://www.texashumanities.org/lecture/

10/27/2025

Connective Tissue, UT Health San Antonio’s annual literary and arts journal, is accepting submissions for the 2026 issue of the journal!

Connective Tissue is a publication of the Cheever Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics and is open to submissions from all students, faculty, staff, residents, and alumni from UT Health San Antonio. The journal publishes high-quality original works of prose, poetry, 55-word stories, photography, and visual art. This year, we are also including original music works as a brand-new category!

We are excited to announce this year’s theme for Connective Tissue, “Metamorphosis.” This theme explores the profound transformation central to health, healing, and our work. For trainees, this journey is more than acquiring knowledge; it is a metamorphosis of identity, perspective, and responsibility—the process of becoming a healer. But transformation touches us all: our patients, colleagues, and selves. It happens in illness and healing, at birth and loss, at the bedside, and in the operating room.

For this edition, we invite you to explore these moments of transformation—the profound, the subtle, the challenging, and the triumphant. What does it mean to be remade? What is gained, and what is left behind? We welcome and encourage all submissions, regardless of whether they are directly related to the theme.

Please submit to our Connective Tissue Submission Google Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQz-q6GBMnOEeROyGrECAf1d94ttFBDbIIDD7YsXf0OvnDUw/viewform by Sunday, January 11th, 2026 at 11:59PM CT.

10/24/2025

The Royal Disease: A History of Hemophilia, presented by Dr. Jacob L. Schmelz. Delve into the historical, scientific, and social story of hemophilia-a condition that not only ran in royal veins but also sparked breakthroughs in genetics, diagnostics, and treatment. From the halls of monarchy to modern hospitals, the story of hemophilia is one of science and survival. Join us on Thursday, October 30, as we explore how this rare condition changed lives and how the HIV/AIDS crisis became a turning point in its history. Register at https://uthealthsa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_a9srFXvJRROwOacFrnbvIg

10/02/2025

Congratulations to our Faculty member, Dr. Melanie Stone, for her graduation from the Leadership Excellence for Academic Professionals (LEAP) program. This program works to expand leadership knowledge and practical application skills for evolving health care, higher education, and research professions.

10/01/2025

Our Faculty and Faculty Associates played a key role in the University Health Ethics Conference today. Here are some photos from the forum theatre session “Why Does No One Listen?" The conference addressed navigating conflict and building trust to facilitate healing.

09/25/2025

The Virtual Global Health Hub is hosting an event that explores the use of virtual reality in Nursing education. To hear from other health professions from around the world, register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScM3IHtP_ce2jzMoUmfjCIcrOhClc-d_eFOpAzdON1Eo6yxYQ/viewform

09/22/2025

Join our Discussions in Medical Ethics group on Tuesday, 30 September at 12pm as they discuss practical ethics cases in Speed Debating. Register now https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOZKeKkt2mwbbjtUd71a9ABAdbIV9vY4SixsqJWacGUcQUUA/viewform

09/19/2025

Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America, explores the issues that drive our national conversation. The October edition features Dr. Rachel Pearson with her article "Bedside Manners. Can empathy be taught in medicine?" The article can be read at https://harpers.org/archive/2025/10/bedside-manners-rachel-pearson-empathy-medical-education/