Narrative Medicine News & Impact Stories

Alumni

Motherhood, Health Justice, and Embodied Care: A Narrative Medicine Alum’s Experience at Columbia SPS

Miniya Williams reflects on her academic journey, global scholarship, and her fellowship project that integrates embodied narrative practice into birth and postpartum care.

Student

Building Community Through Story: How Columbia’s Narrative Medicine Events Connect Students and Alumni

From alumni-led discussion series to visits to the Met, these programs create space for collaboration, mentorship, and creative insight.

Faculty

Experiencing Works of Art in New York’s Greatest Museums

Narrative Medicine lecturer Rika Burnham brings decades of museum education experience to the program and introduces students to the transformative power of art.

Telling Justice’s Story to Humanize Health Care

How Narrative Medicine CPA graduate Cara Coleman’s daughter inspired her to fight for disability justice, partnership, and humanism in health care.

Faculty

A Narrative Medicine Alum’s Story of Survival and Helping Others Through Storytelling

Joseph Eveld’s journey, from adolescent cancer survivor to Columbia narrative medicine leader, illustrates how storytelling transforms healing, teaching, and research in the medical humanities.

Alumni

Finding Universality Through Narrative Medicine

NMED alumna Nathalie Felton (’24SPS) reflects on leading narrative medicine workshops in The Gambia and the lessons that continue to guide her work.

A Journalist's Perspective on Narrative Medicine: Combatting Physician Burnout and Systemic Challenges

CPA in Narrative Medicine graduate Sarah Singer discusses the importance of storytelling in medicine.

Student

How One Narrative Medicine Student Is Fostering Community through Empathy

Narrative Medicine student Nafisa Hussein shares how her role as vice president of external affairs in the SPS Student Government enriches her academic journey.

Alumni

Bridging Science and Storytelling: A Narrative Medicine Alum’s Mission to Humanize Health Care

Mark Kissler’s experience in the program shaped his focus on the human side of clinical care.

Alumni

A Journey Through Medicine, Genetics, and Storytelling: The Inspiring Path of JaVe Bonner

Inspired by her personal experiences with the health care system, Narrative Medicine alum JaVe Bonner is working on an app for family health history collection.

Alumni

Beyond Bedside Manner: The Importance of Art and Story in Vascular Surgery

M.S. in Narrative Medicine alum Ezra Schwartz ('18SPS) believes storytelling, listening, and observational skills are fundamental to medical practice.

Faculty

How Do You Teach the Art of Listening?

Columbia's Pedagogy of Listening Lab, which collaborates with the M.S. in Narrative Medicine program and SPS faculty members, recently held a symposium for educators. (Columbia News)