Publication Team 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 97 Table of Contents Letter From the Editors Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in the United States: Addressing Reasons for Vaccine Hesitancy th An Analysis of the Effects of Frequency and Type of Physical Activity on Self-Esteem in Adolescent M Addressing American Obesity: A Policy Proposal The Select Agent Regulations: Structure and Stricture An Evaluation of the Human Impact of Climatic Factors in Cook County, Illinois An Evaluation of Food Insecurity in the D.C. Community About the Authors Meet the Staff Acknowledgements