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Amidst unprecedented technological and data-driven innovation in healthcare, the Rice Medical Humanities Research Institute will work to ensure that patients are seen as people in the context of healing. We will work to make healthcare more equitable and inclusive, so that marginalized communities receive the care they need, in a respectful and dignified form. We will achieve these aims by bringing humanists, artists, and social scientists together with engineers, natural scientists and clinicians to address major global challenges that cannot be solved by science or technology alone.
The Medical Humanities Research Institute will leverage the program’s existing networks to create multi-tiered translational research clusters that build on our research strengths in arts-based approaches to care, health data and technology justice, the construction and representation of patient narratives, and bioethics.
Hiring a Graduate Student Assistant for Communications
The MHRI is hiring a Graduate Student Assistant to support the communications and outreach needs of the institute, which includes video creation and editing, Instagram content creation, content management and maintenance of a Drupal website, and newsletter writing and distribution. The graduate student assistant’s primary responsibilities will be to edit video footage of interviews with medical humanities experts and develop strategic content for the MHRI’s Instagram account. The graduate student assistant will work approximately 5 hours per week at an hourly rate of $20 during Academic Year 2024-25, and the position is available starting July 15. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the ideal candidate is selected. The first review of applications will be held on July 3. For more information and to apply online, visit the 12twenty site (12twenty account needed).
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Top minds gather in Paris
The Medical Humanities Research Institute recently held a research summit at the Rice Global Paris Center, convening leading international researchers to explore critical issues at the intersection of medicine and humanities. The workshop, titled “The Future of Medical and Health Humanities,” featured discussions on a range of topics including artificial intelligence (AI), racial health equity, patient narratives, translational methods, clinical integration of humanities-based insights, human-centered design and the role of emotions in health care.