Book Chapter
Ostherr K. “Data.” In Keywords for Health Humanities. Edited by Sari Altschuler, Priscilla Wald, and Jonathan Metzl. NYU Press, 2023, 47-50.
Ostherr K. “Medical Transmedia.” In Imagining Transmedia. Edited by Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich, Ruth Wylie, and Bob Beard. MIT Press, 2024
Rashidbeigi S. "Rethinking Techniques of Bleeding in Twentieth Century Iran." In Challenging Stories: Exploring the Intersections between Health and the Humanities (Eds. ET Ewing and P Ganguly). Virginia Tech Publishing, 2024. doi.org/10.21061
Journal (Special Section)
Alexander T and Shahani N (Special Section eds). "Autoimmunities in the Wake of COVID-19," Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience. 2024; 10(1). catalystjournal.org/index.php/catalyst/issue/view/2837
Articles
Balakrishnan S, Dey A, Bavare A, Checchia P, Shwetz K, Afonso N. The Lived Experience of Pediatric Pain Management: Insights From Families and Providers. J Patient Exp. 2026 May 27;13:23743735261455630. doi: 10.1177/23743735261455630. PMID: 42222063; PMCID: PMC13219928.
Brandt A. Beethoven’s Ninth and AI’s Tenth: A comparison of human and computational creativity. Journal of Creativity. 2023; 33(3). doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2023.100068
Campos LA. A little care before we leap. Science. 2024 Sep 27;385(6716):1424-1425. doi: 10.1126/science.ads7339. Epub 2024 Sep 26. PMID: 39325908
Cody Kommers, Ruth Ahnert, Maria Antoniak, Emmanouil Benetos, Steve Benford, Mercedes Bunz, Baptiste Caramiaux, Shauna Concannon, Martin Disley, James Dobson, Yali Du, Edgar Duéñez-Guzmán, Kerry Francksen, Evelyn Gius, Jonathan WY Gray, Ryan Heuser, Sarah Immel, Richard Jean So, Sang Leigh, Dalaki Livingston, Hoyt Long, Meredith Martin, Georgia Meyer, Daniela Mihai, Ashley Noel-Hirst, Kirsten Ostherr, Deven Parker, Yipeng Qin, Jessica Ratcliff, Emily Robinson, Karina Rodriguez, Adam Sobey, Ted Underwood, Aditya Vashistha, Matthew Wilkens, Youyou Wu, Yuan Zheng, Drew Hemment. Computational hermeneutics: evaluating generative AI as a cultural technology. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. 2026; 9, 1753041
Ostherr K. Emerging infectious disease outbreaks and real-time health communication: intermediality, uncertainty and dissent. The British Journal for the History of Science. Published online 2025:1-17. doi:10.1017/S000708742510126X
Ostherr K. The future of translational medical humanities: bridging the data/narrative divide. BMJ Medical Humanities. Published Online First: 07 December 2023. doi: 10.1136/medhum-2023-012627
Ostherr K, Engebretsen E, Woods A. Ambient scribes as narrative technologies. The Lancet, 2026. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(26)01381-4
Ostherr K, Huang W, Park A, Punnen T, Tadigotla B, Robinson V, Downing A. (2025). Patient Participation in AI for Health Curriculum. J Particip Med 2025;17:e69942.
DOI: 10.2196/69942
Picht T, Roethe AL, Kersting K, Burzlaff M, Le Calvé M, Schenk R, Chakkalakal D, Vajkoczy P, Ostherr K. Conceptualization and Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Course for Medical Students on Competency-Based Learning in Neurosurgery. Advances in Medical Education and Practice. 2024;15: 1-9. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2147/AMEP.S443981
Subrahmanyam V, Bailar M, Ostherr K, Kostick-Quenet KM, McGuire AL, Alexander Neitzke-Spruill L, Rahimzadeh V. (2026). Meaningful Participation in AI-Mediated Clinical Trial Recruitment. The American Journal of Bioethics, 26(8), 56–59. doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2026.2690962
Wu-Chung EL, Brandt A, Bonomo ME, Denny BT, Karmonik CJ, Frazier T, Blench K, Fagundes CP. Feasibility and acceptability of a group music creativity intervention for adults with varying cognition function. Creativity Research Journal. Published online: 07 Nov 2023. doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2023.2272105
Public Writings
Alexander T. “On Queer Equity and Eugenics: The Question of In Vitro Gametogenesis,” Synapsis.
Brennan M. “This University Class Uses Color and Emotion to Explore the End of Life,” The Conversation, August 22, 2023.
Johnson A, Matthews K, Snider C. “Using Engineered Bacteria to Detect Viruses in Wastewater,” Baker Institute, November 2023.
Johnson A, Matthews K, Snider C. “What is Synthetic Biology?” Baker Institute, December 2023.
Matthews K, Iltis A. “What are Cell-base Embryo Models and Should We Be Worried?” Baker Institute, August 2023.
Ostherr K. “What If Our Health Records Told the Full Story?” Zócalo Public Square, March 3, 2025
Venkatesh A, Iltis A, Matthews K. “Transparency in Controversial Research: Human Embryo Research Oversight,” Stem Cell Reports, vol 19, issue 1, January 2024.
Media
Hello Houston, Houston Public Media, interview with Kirsten Ostherr and Vasiliki Rahimzadeh begins after 1:27:27, September 2, 2025.
“Entrevista a Kirsten Ostherr,” Boletín de Humanidades Médicas, No. 17, April 2024.
Lorek, Laura. "5 Takeaways from the Futures of Health Summit," Silicon Hills News, Feb 28, 2024.
Ketterer, Samantha. "Rice University launches synthetic biology, water institutes in boost for graduate program," Houston Chronicle, Feb 1, 2024.
Kauffman, Jake. "Rice bioengineering curriculum cultivates human-centered approach to medical design," Today's Medical Developments, Jan 10, 2024.
Sessions, Kennedy. "Rice launches new research school to 'ensure humanity is not for forgotten," Chron (Houston, Texas), Oct 10, 2023.
Rice Publications
Rice News articles on the Medical Humanities Research Institute can be found here.
Ramineni, Sanjana. "Baylor and Rice collaborate on AI humanities center," Rice Thresher, Aug. 26, 2025.
"Meet the Institutes: The Medical Experience, Humanized," Rice Magazine, Spring 2024.