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Publication Editor | Alanna Cronk, COL. ‘23
Cover Design | Layan Shahrour, SOH ‘23

Danya Adams, COL. ‘21
Ikram Muhammedsani, SOH ‘25
Nesreen Shahrour, SOH ‘23

Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief | Nesreen Shahrour, SOH ‘23
Executive Editor | Layan Shahrour, SOH ‘23

Senior Editors
Lucas Biran, COL. ‘23
Doha Maaty, SOH ‘23
Fadilah Farrin, SOH ‘24
Kavya Shah, SFS ‘24
Jacqueline ( Jackie) Chen, COL. ‘25
Leah Chen, COL. ‘25
Alexandria Sorensen, COL. ‘25
Rithvik Veeramachaneni, COL. ‘25

Junior Editors
Alexandra Alkhayer, COL. ‘24
Joy Chung, COL. ‘24
Varat Ransibrahmanakul, SOH ‘24
William DiGiovanni, COL. ‘25
Giselle Rasquinha, COL. ‘25
Philip Shraybman, COL. ‘25

Faculty Reviewers
Ronald Davis, PhD. |  GU COL., Dept. of Chemistry
Haiyan He, PhD. |  GU COL., Dept. of Biology, Neurobiology
Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss, PhD. |  GUMC, Dept. of Neuroscience 
Manus Patten, PhD. |  GU COL., Dept. of Biology, Environmental Biology
Michael Parker, PhD. |  GU COL., Assistant Dean

Special Thanks
To the GSR Journal’s Executive and Content Board for their contributions to the publication.
To Duke Vertices for their outside of institution peer-review.

Acknowledgements

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