PLEXUS would like to give a special thanks to our faculty advisor, Dr. Johanna Shapiro. This publication would not have been possible without the support of the UC Irvine School of Medicine and Dr. Ellena Peterson.
This edition of PLEXUS is dedicated to THOMAS SAGE HAND (March 27, 1985 — January 15, 2012)
Sponsors: UCI School of Medicine Dean’s Office, Office of Educational Affairs, and Office of Admissions
Past Plexus Editors: David Cheng, Stephanie Le, Virginia Liu, Nupoor Narula
Editors in Chief: Nina Narasimhalu, Nguyen Nguyen
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Visual Arts: Christine Lee, Kimberly Truong
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