Martha Serpas is a poet, a professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston, an advocate for wetland preservation, and a hospital chaplain. Since 2006, she has…

Dr. Billy Cohn is a cardiovascular surgeon best known for his role in the development of a continuous-flow artificial heart pump. An inventor and innovator, Dr. Cohn holds numerous patents…

Dr. M. Cristina Ivan is an adult psychiatrist, trained at Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Houston, TX.  Before becoming a psychiatrist, she trained in…

A long distance runner, Rebecca Trahan dismissed her heart symptoms until a visit to her doctor revealed she had suffered a spontaneous dissection of her left main coronary artery, necessitating…

One of the self-described "co-hearts" of Women Heart Houston (with Rebecca Trahan,) Lisa Bundick Hulick was a fifty year-old wife and mother when she experienced sudden cardiac death in 2011.…

Nick Davies is a freelance journalist, working regularly as special correspondent for The Guardian. He was centrally involved in the publication of secret US logs and cables obtained by Wikileaks…

Doris Taylor, a pioneer in the emerging field of regenerative medicine, bases her research on the concept that the body will accept an organ generated from its own stem cells.…

Sarah Newbery is the director of parks and greenspace at the Kinder Foundation. Previously, she was project director for Memorial Park Master Planning. She has earned master’s degrees in both…

St. John Flynn is a freelance writer, speaker, podcaster, producer, arts and culture consultant, and voice artist. received his B.A. (with honors) in French from the University of Liverpool. He…

Steven Brown is a freelance writer and critic based in Houston, Texas. He was formerly the classical music critic for the Houston Chronicle the Charlotte Observer, and the Orlando Sentinel.…