About

The RCSI student medical journal aims to provide a forum for RCSI student contributions to the field of medicine, in any discipline. The journal publishes student research ranging from basic laboratory science and clinical work to humanities analyses of medicine in society. The goal of the the RCSIsmj is to encourage student research, writing and submission for publication, whilst reaching a broad international readership through both our print and electronic versions of the journal.

Questions or comments? Email editorsmj@rcsi.ie.

2011-2012 Staff

Executive Committee
Director: Rowena Almeida
Vice-Director: Neil Fennelly
Chief Editor: Anas Sarhan
Senior Editor: Eoin Kelleher

Specialist Team
Junior Editor: Ramia Jameel
Web Designer: Mary Ma
Sponsorship Coordinator: Waasil Kareem
International Liaison‐Education Officer: Naude du Plessis

Peer Review Team
Director: Jennifer Jones
Director: Mark Schwindt
Alexander Constas
David Casey
Fatema Mewa
Julian Davis
Ken Liu
Melissa Schorr
Noorin Walji
Odai Sinokrot
Omar El Kawkgi
Peter Staunton
Rebecca Wolfe
Shane Murphy
Valerie Curren
Vincent Siu

Staff Writers
Emily Ratzlaff
Kala Annamalai
Nasrin Samji
Samantha Davis
Sarah Pilon

Public Relations
Director: Lowla Al‐Obaid
Chinedum Arize
Hani Kawar
Sami Backley