Please join us for a new MHRI Research Colloquium series! Each month, speakers from Rice, the Texas Medical Center, and Greater Houston area will share their medical humanities work.
2026-2027 Schedule
Thursday, September 10 | 4pm-5pm
Cambridge Office Building
Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH
Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English and Creative Writing
Rice University
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Thursday, October 8 | 4pm-5pm
Cambridge Office Building
Eric Thomas, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
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Thursday, November 5 | 4pm-5pm
TMC3 Collaborative in Helix Park
Chin Jou, PhD
Associate Professor of History and Medical Humanities
Rice University
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Thursday, December 3 | 3pm-5:15pm
BioScience Research Collaborative
French American Innovation Days (FAID) Event
Co-Organized with the Embassy of France
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Panel Discussions featuring:
- Emmanuel Didier, PhD, Institut Santé Numérique et Société - PSL, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Normale Supérieure-PSL
- Séverine Mathieu, PhD, École Pratique des Hautes Études-PSL
- Matty Hemming, PhD, Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing, and Medical Humanities, Rice University
- Yael Hochberg, PhD, Ralph S. O'Connor Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Rice University
- Maria Oden, PhD, Teaching Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University
- Miranda Waggoner, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, Rice University
- Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH, Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English and Creative Writing, Rice University
- Samuel Reis-Dennis, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Medical Humanities, Rice University
Thursday, February 4 | 4pm-5pm
Cambridge Office Building
Michelle Smirnova, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology
Rice University
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