Programs
Speaker Series
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Program for Humanities in Medicine 2024 Health Professions Creative Writing and Art Contest Awards Ceremony
Winston Trope - Honorable Mention in Art category
2024 PHM Health Professions Creative Writing and Art Contest Award Ceremony
2024 PHM Health Professions Creative Writing and Art Contest Award Ceremony
"Black Motherhood in Medicine" Lenique Huggins - First place in Art category
"Submerged" Created by MD student Hang Nguyen. Second place in Art category
Zeynep Inanoglu - Honorable Mention in Art category
Yale-University College London (UCL) Annual Health Professions Poetry Competition
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
PHM Writer-in-Residence
Writer
Creative Writing Workshops
Workshop Leader
Fine Arts
Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra
Collaborations and Connections
- YSM Program for Art in Public Spaces
- History, Humanities, and Health Working Group
- Yale Internal Medicine Residency Writers’ Workshop
- Yale Internal Medicine Annual “Stories of Internal Medicine” Grand Rounds
- Yale Internal Medicine Annual Writing and Medicine Grand Rounds
- Yale Pediatrics Annual Dr. Marjorie Rosenthal Pediatric Stories Grand Rounds
- VA “Penning the Pandemic” Reflective Writing Workshops
- Op-Ed Writing Seminars