April 2022 Issue
Prompt: "COVID-19: Two Years Later"
We want your reflections on the impact COVID-19 has had on your personal and professional growth, now that we are more than two years into the pandemic. How have your didactic education, research, clinical learning opportunities, and/or professional and personal relationships been affected, both at the start of COVID and now? What have you missed, and what have you gained? Where do we go from here?
My Experience With the Pandemic
Background photo by Aboodi Vesakaran
Light After Dark
Background photo by Tom Barrett
The Girl in the Red Dress
Background photo by MontyLov
One Million Lives and the Void Left Behind
Background photo by John Cameron
Different Worlds Alike
Background photo by Marc Schaefer
Three Lessons COVID-19 Taught Me
Background photo by Drew Beamer
Mental Health and Yarn
Background photo by Margarida Afonso
Returning to Normal
Background photo by David Zieglansberger
*Accompanying artwork/photographs were selected by the design editors
Synapse Board Members
Thomas Nguyen Chairman
Rahul Tharoor Senior Acquisitions Editor Matthew Anaya Acquisitions Editor Ahad Azimuddin Senior Copy Editor Alexandra Powell Senior Copy Editor Roger Garcia Senior Copy Editor Arthi Tarugu Copy Editor
Lena Ayari Managing Editor
Sarah Elmer Senior Staff Writer Cerci Hammons Senior Design Editor Ksenia Vlassova Senior Design Editor Nicholas Tan Graphic Designer Christian Encarnacion Senior Social Media Manager Sunitha Konatham Social Media Manager
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thank you:
A special thanks to ...
Dr. Karen Wakefield for being our faculty editor, and
Dr. Barbara Gastel for serving as editorial mentor.
The Synapse is sponsored by the Department of Humanities in Medicine at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine.