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Speaker Series

Anthony Ryan Hatch, PhD, Silent Cells: The Secret Drugging Of Captive America, February 2019.

PHM hosts speakers and organizes roundtable discussions throughout the year for students, faculty, staff, and the broader community.

See the events calendar for upcoming lectures and discussions. This link provides access to recordings of past events.

PHM Health Professions Students Creative Writing & Art Contest

An annual writing and art contest open to all Yale health professions students. Medical students are eligible for the Marguerite Rush-Lerner awards; all students are eligible for PHM awards. Prize winners present their work at a special PMH event each spring.

Announcing the Winners for the 2024 PHM Health Professions Creative Medical Writing and Art Contest

Poetry

Place Name Affiliation
1st Place Terri Motraghi Yale School of Nursing 2026
2nd Place (tie) Kelly Dunn Yale Physician Associate Program 2025
2nd Place (tie) Fabrizio Darby Yale School of Medicine 2027
3rd Place Melanie Di Stante Yale Physician Assistant Online Program 2025
Honorable Mention Nandini Sinha Yale School of Public Health 2025
Honorable Mention Laurel Kaye Yale School of Medicine 2025

Prose

Place Name Affiliation
1st Place (tie) Courtney Hart Yale School of Nursing 2025
1st Place (tie) Kelly Dunn Yale Physician Associate Program 2025
2nd Place Hana Ghoneima Yale School of Medicine 2031
3rd Place Hana Ghoneima Yale School of Medicine 2031
Honorable Mention Kelly Dunn Yale Physician Associate Program 2025
Honorable Mention Morgan Brinker Yale School of Medicine 2026

Art

Place Name Affiliation
1st Place Lenique Huggins Yale School of Medicine 2027
2nd Place Hang Nguyen Yale School of Medicine 2025
3rd Place (tie) Stellan Lee Yale School of Public Health 2024
3rd Place (tie) Matthew Andersen Yale School of Medicine 2026
Honorable Mention Matthew Andersen Yale School of Medicine 2026
Honorable Mention Jean Claudine Raimondi Yale School of Nursing 2025
Honorable Mention Winston Trope Yale School of Medicine 2026
Honorable Mention Zeynep Inanoglu Yale School of Nursing 2024

2024 Health Professions Creative Writing and Art Contest Awards Ceremony

2024 PHM Health Professions Creative Writing and Art Contest Award Ceremony

Yale-University College London (UCL) Annual Health Professions Poetry Competition

This annual poetry competition provides health professions students at Yale and University College London the opportunity creatively to address their experiences through poetry.

Yale Poetry and Medicine Seminar

The Yale Poetry and Medicine Seminar examines poetry’s relevance to health care and to the lives of medical students, doctors, other health professionals, and patients. We ask questions such as: Is there a place for poetry as a therapeutic intervention? As a coping strategy? As a reflective intervention? As a form of social connection? The sessions are co-led by Nora Segar, MD/MPH, Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale School of Medicine and Director of Palliative Medicine the St. Raphael Campus, and Sarah Cross, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine. The seminar will run for six, 90-minute sessions.

Faculty Directors: Nora Segar, MD/MPH and Sarah Cross, MD

Narrative Medicine Seminar

Led by physician and author Anne Merritt, MD, MS, this 6-session seminar for students in Yale’s health professional schools explores the vital connection between storytelling and the art of healing. Through reflective writing exercises inspired by diverse literary works, you’ll learn to craft powerful narratives that build empathy, improve communication skills, and enhance overall well-being.

Murmurs: The Creative Journal of Yale Health Profession Students

Students publish Murmurs, which includes student visual arts and writing, one to two times a year. Health profession students often collaborate with Yale art students on the publication.

Murmurs

See full issues of Murmurs, featuring Yale students' visual arts and writing.

PHM Writer-in-Residence

Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH, author most recently of Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything, works with medical, PA, and PA Online students, residents, and faculty on an individual or group basis, including individual editing, book discussions, and small group workshopping. Her focus is on opinion pieces, essays, and science writing for the public.

Writer

Creative Writing Workshops

Lorence Gutterman, MD, leads this series of workshops for students in Yale’s health professional schools, with a focus on poetry and prose.

Workshop Leader

Fine Arts

Yale University Art Gallery
There are numerous initiatives involving fine arts including: the Café Med Art Gallery (367 Cedar Street), which displays the artwork of YSM community members; hands-on workshops on topics such as graphic memoir, art and activism, photography, and mask-making; and tours of the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale Center for British Art, and the YSM’s Medical Historical Library.

Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra

Credit: Robert A. Lisak
Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra
Founded in 2008, the Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra is an all-volunteer orchestra featuring members of the Yale medical community. Led by conductor Robert Smith, this group rehearses weekly and performs three concerts a year.

Founder and Board President: Lynn Tanoue, MD

Collaborations and Connections