Center for Health Humanities
Centers for ExcellenceA research center for advanced thinking about the humanistic side of medicine, the Center for Health Humanities at MCPHS supports the work of scholars, researchers, and healthcare practitioners.
Humanities Brings Humanity into Healthcare
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.
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.
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.
Fostering Compassionate Clinicians Through the Health Humanities
Dr. Dien Ho on the Humanities in Healthcare
Director of the Center for Health Humanities Dien Ho, PhD, appears on the MCPHS podcast, The Secret to Living to 200, to explain the growing role of humanities in healthcare and expand ideas of what factors allow us to live longer, healthier, more fulfilled lives.
Healthcare Leaders with a Passion for Teaching
At MCPHS, cutting-edge scholarship and professional affiliations go hand in hand with instruction and mentoring.
