Meet the 2023-2024 Staff!
Ryan Phillips, Editor-In-Chief
Class of 2024
Ryan is a senior from Fairfax, Virginia. He is majoring in Music and English. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys playing the clarinet, listening to records, and watching classic movies.
Tara Hinton, Managing Editor
Class of 2025
Tara is a junior from Sylva, North Carolina, majoring in Environmental Studies and American Studies. She is an oral history, hiking, and chai latte enthusiast.
Iris Chang, Treasurer
Class of 2025
Iris is a junior from New York City. She is double majoring in English, with a concentration in creative writing, and biology. In her free time, she enjoys playing the harp, writing poetry, and practicing archery.
Yan Zhu, Layout Editor
Class of 2026
Yan is a sophomore from Hangzhou, China. She is majoring in neuroscience and communication studies with a concentration in media production and technology. She hopes to pursue a career in physical therapy and healthcare with a focus on sports. She loves band music, avant-garde movies, and watching operas and musicals.
Anna Curtis, Art Director
Class of 2026
Anna is a sophomore from Cary, North Carolina. She is majoring in Environmental Health Science with a minor in Medicine, Literature, and Culture. In her free time she is an artist, DJ at WXYC 89.3fm, bug enthusiast, and tea enjoyer.
Alicia Equan, Marketing Co-Director
Class of 2026
Alicia is a sophomore from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is majoring in biomedical engineering. She hopes to pursue a career in dentistry. In her free time, she likes to crochet, watch TV, and hang out with her friends.
Sabrina Shaw, Marketing Co-Director
Class of 2026
Sabrina is a sophomore from Southern Pines, North Carolina. She is majoring in Advertising and Public Relations, as well as Public Policy. Sabrina is a dancer at UNC Blank Canvas Dance Company and enjoys writing, fashion, and the outdoors.
Penelope Alberdi, Editor
Class of 2024
Penelope is a senior from Cornelius, North Carolina, majoring in Psychology and Asian Studies with a Korean concentration. She hopes to pursue a career in clinical psychology in the future. In her free time, she likes to read, hang out with friends, and travel when she can.
Lydia Meltonlane, Editor
Class of 2025
Lydia is a junior from Mooresville, North Carolina. She is majoring in Psychology with double minors in Neuroscience and Chemistry on a pre-med track. In her free time, she likes to crochet, go to fancy grocery stores, and online shop.
Rotem Olsha, Editor
Class of 2025
Rotem is a junior from Toronto, Canada. She is majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Medicine, Literature, and Culture. She enjoys traveling, volunteering, and spending time outdoors and hopes to pursue a career in pediatric medicine.
Heidi Segars, Editor
Class of 2026
Heidi is a sophomore from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Education. In her free time, she loves rock climbing, teaching, and visiting National Park sites!
Aaron Stepp, Editor
Class of 2026
Aaron is a sophomore from High Point, North Carolina, majoring in Hispanic Linguistics with minors in Chemistry and Education. He hopes to attend medical school and pursue a career in pediatric and maternal health. Whenever time allows, he loves playing music, reading, writing poems, and being outdoors.
Olivia Davis, Graduate Editor
UNC School of Medicine Class of 2025
Olivia is a third-year medical student from Charlotte, North Carolina. She graduated from Princeton University in 2018, with a major in Public and International Affairs and a minor in Environmental Studies. Outside of the classroom, she can be found curled up with a book and cup of cinnamon tea, gardening, or playing board games with her husband and friends.
Roshni Arun, Secretary
Class of 2026
Roshni is a sophomore from Rockville, Maryland. She is majoring in Neuroscience and Information Science with a minor in Chemistry. In her free time, she loves to go hiking, read a book on the beach, or sing!
Ash Chen, Editor
Class of 2025
Ash is a junior from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is majoring in English with a creative writing concentration. Her minors are in Music and Honors Medicine, Literature, & Culture. After graduating, she hopes to attend law school to practice medical and disability law. In her free time, she loves to read poetry, live vicariously through The Sims, and play guitar.
Tiffanie Ann Lee, Editor
Class of 2025
Tiffanie is a junior from Cary, NC. She is majoring in biology and minoring in creative nonfiction writing. She likes walking and running, photography, tea, and teaching.
Aliyaa Pathan, Editor
Class of 2025
Aliyaa is a junior from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Chemistry. She plans to attend medical school and pursue a career in psychiatry. In her free time, she enjoys discovering new coffeehouses, writing short fiction, and reading.
Camilla Feeley, Editor
Class of 2024
Camilla is a senior from Columbia, Maryland. She is majoring in Psychology with minors in Data Science and English. She hopes to attend law school upon graduation from UNC. In her free time, she likes to read, crochet, and hang out with her friends.
Jacqui Zanders, Graduate Editor
UNC School of Medicine Class of 2025
Jacqui is a third-year medical student. She studied anthropology in undergrad and is currently part of the CAMPOS Spanish program. She is passionate about the unique way that the arts can teach us about the complexity of human needs, desires, and impulses, which helps us to grow in compassion for one another. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, language learning, and taking walks outside.
Edwin Parker Savage, Lead Podcast Editor
UNC School of Medicine Class of 2024
Parker is a fourth-year medical student from Wake Forest, North Carolina. He graduated from NC State in 2020 (Go Pack) and is currently an undercover Wolfpack fan in Chapel Hill. He is passionate about all things global health and pediatrics, and in his free time, he enjoys running and playing the guitar!
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Dr. Jane F. Thrailkill, Faculty Advisor
Department of English and Comparative Literature
Jane F. Thrailkill is Bank of America Honors Distinguished Term Associate Professor who advises students involved in the Literature, Medicine, and Culture program, teaches in the School of Medicine’s Intensive Integration seminar, and is co-director of the HHIVE Lab. Trained as a literary scholar, she works on the relationship between literature and science, widely construed. Her first book is Affecting Fictions: Mind, Body, and Emotion in American Literary Realism and she is finishing a second monograph on the play-based philosophies of the James siblings, Alice, William, and Henry.
Dr. Kym Weed, Faculty Advisor
Department of English and Comparative Literature
Kym Weed is a Teaching Assistant Professor, the Co-Director of the HHIVE Lab, and the Associate Director of the graduate programs in Literature, Medicine, and Culture. Her areas of interest, both in teaching and research, include health humanities, literature and medicine, and disability studies. Her work has appeared in Literature and Medicine and The Journal of Medical Humanities.
Past Health Humanities Journal Editorial Teams
Iris Kang, Editor-In-Chief
Miranda Almy, Managing Editor
Malik Tiedt, Treasurer & Editor
Halle Hunt, Treasurer In Training
SuJi Cho, Secretary & Editor
Ellen Hu, Art Director
Yan Zhu, Layout Editor
Alicia Equan, Marketing Director
Edwin Parker Savage, Lead Podcast Editor
Kate Brown, Assistant Podcast Editor
Sabrina Shaw, Podcast Marketing Director
Tess McGrinder, Editor
Joseph Kargbo, Editor
Penelope Alberdi, Editor
Ryan Phillips, Editor
Iris Chang, Editor
Lydia Meltonlane, Editor
Rotem Olsha, Editor
Heidi Segars, Editor
Aaron Stepp, Editor
Cate Hendren, Graduate Editor
Olivia Davis, Graduate Editor
Anameeka Singh, Graduate Editor
Jacqui Sanders, Graduate Editor
2021-2022
Iris Kang, Editor-in-Chief & Layout Editor
Ellen Hu, Art Director
Malik Tiedt, Treasurer
Annette Varghese, Assistant Layout Editor
Kamryn Mcdonald, Marketing Director
Jesse Bossingham, Graduate Editor
Olivia Delborne, Editor
Rhea Jayaswal, Editor
Miranda Almy, Editor
Su-Ji Cho, Editor
Iris Chang, Editor
Lydia Meltonlane, Editor
Rotem Olsha, Editor
Maura O’Sullivan, Editor
Fall 2021 only
Maia Sichitiu, Layout Editor
Cathy Choi, Podcast Editor
2020-2021
Elizabeth Coletti, Editor-in-Chief
Alice Peng, Art Director
Malik Tiedt, Treasurer
Maia Sichitiu, Layout Editor
Olivia Delborne, Editor
Anna Covington, Editor
Noah Ashenafi, Editor
Rhea Jayaswal, Editor
Miranda Almy, Editor
Fall 2020 only
Serenity Bennet, Editor
Austin Hopkins, Graduate Editor
Lydia Weinberger, Marketing Director
2019-2020
Elizabeth Coletti, Editor-in-Chief
Jillian Nguyen, Marketing Director
Alice Peng, Art Director
Shraya Changela, Editor
Jillian Shiba, Editor
Olivia Delborne, Editor
Anna Covington, Editor
Malik Tiedt, Treasurer
Maia Sichitiu, Layout Editor
Rabab Husain, Graduate Editor
Kristina Alton, Graduate Editor
Fall 2019 only
Alex Ballard, Design and Layout Editor
Alexandra Mao, Editor
2018-2019
Emily Long, Editor-in-Chief
Neha Aggarwal, Design and Layout Editor
Jillian Nguyen, Marketing Director
Alice Peng, Art Director
Shraya Changela, Editor
Elizabeth Coletti, Editor
Sanam Kavari, Editor
Rabab Husain, Graduate Editor
Nicholas Allen, Graduate Editor
Fall 2018 only
Jillian Shiba, Editor
Sania Siddiqui, Edito
2017-2018
Manisha Mishra, Founder/Editor-in-Chief
Katie Huber, Website and Layout Editor
Annie Konzelman, Art Editor
Sophia Shwartz, Treasurer/Marketing
Meredith Dorminey, Editor
Jackie Kenny, Editor
Madison Schaper, Editor
Calvin Olsen, Graduate Adviser
2016-2017
Manisha Mishra, Founder/Editor-in-Chief
Katie Huber, Editor/Website and Layout Editor
Jessie Fletcher, Art Editor
Yakin Ouederni, Marketing
Sophia Shwartz, Treasurer
Meredith Dorminey, Editor
Kaylyn Pogson, Editor
Turner Wibbelsman, Editor