{"id":5247,"date":"2026-03-31T15:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/?page_id=5247"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:39:28","slug":"winter-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/winter-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-29-at-8.42.31%E2%80%AFPM-560x708.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Issue-15-Winter-2024-Final-Spread-V9.pdf\">Access the full Winter 2024 Issue Here!<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/02\/Issue-15-Winter-2024-_-TOC-V8.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Table of Contents<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Issue-15-Winter-2024-Editors-Note.pdf\">Editor\u2019s note<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Poetry:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Hill_fourth-year-wonders.pdf\"> fourth year wonders | m. hill<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Singh_Helpless.pdf\">Help(less) I Anameeka (Annu) Singh<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Singh_Psychia-trust_V8.pdf\">Psychia-trust I Anameeka (Annu) Singh<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Syed_On-Path-Labs-and-Holding-the-Universe.pdf\">On Path Labs and Holding the Universe I Ayesha Syed<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Wiggs_Good-People.pdf\">Good People | Alleigh Wiggs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Prose:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Berens_APGAR.pdf\">APGAR | Noah Berens<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Carter_Ten-out-of-Ten.pdf\">Ten out of Ten | Reece Carter<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Huber_A-Split-Second.pdf\">A Split Second I Emily Huber<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Judd_Deconstructing-ethics.pdf\">Deconstructing the Idea of Ethics in Healthcare | Jennifer Judd<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Leiviska_Death-and-Donors.pdf\">Death and Donors I Abby Leiviska<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Anon_The-Hurl-Heard-Around-the-World.pdf\">The Hurl Heard Around the World I Anonymous<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Smith_Schrodingers-Heart-Attack.pdf\">Schr\u00f6dinger&#8217;s Heart Attack | Emmaline Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Spencer_A-Twisted-Tale.pdf\">A Twisted Tale | Roger Spencer<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Swann_Yellow.pdf\">Yellow | Cooper Swann<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/iris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/828\/2025\/01\/Wiggs2_Intent.pdf\">Intent | Alleigh Wiggs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Art &amp; 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