Center for Health Humanities

Humanities Brings Humanity into Healthcare

You can’t be a good clinician without understanding basic concepts of humanism. That credo was the impetus for launching the Center for Health Humanities (CHH). Through interdisciplinary scholarship and research, the health humanities add human perspectives to the understanding of illness and healthcare. With research retreats, seminars, poster sessions, visiting speakers, and other events, the CHH fosters a collaborative environment for students and faculty and promotes health humanities in the wider academic, medical, and healthcare communities.

The Center for Health Humanities is Shaping the Future of Healthcare

Mission

The MCPHS Center for Health Humanities promotes opportunities for the study, development, and application of the humanities as they relate to the experiences of illness, health, and well-being.

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Events

The Center for Health Humanities hosts events throughout the year, including a guest speaker series featuring health humanities thought leaders from around the country.

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Fellowships

MCPHS awards fellowships with generous stipends to researchers working in health humanities who could benefit from time in a highly interdisciplinary environment located in a city rich with academic, cultural, medical, and historical resources.

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The Future of Healthcare is Interdisciplinary

MCPHS has created an environment where students can learn about all the factors integral to healthcare.

MCPHS faculty and student in chemistry lab.

“The Center for Health Humanities is unique in recognizing the indispensability of humanities in healthcare.”

Dien Ho, PhD | Director of the Center for Health Humanities