Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

Current Issue

Vol. 3 (2023)
Published November 7, 2023

STIMULUS
stim·u·lus | \ ˈstim-yə-ləs \
n. something that incites change, action, or response.

Our journal name, Stimulus, has a double meaning: first, it represents a stimulus for
positive change in the healthcare field as a result of the medical humanities. Secondly, it
represents the purpose that underlies every artform: to stimulate the audience’s
emotions. 

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January 10, 2024

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January 18, 2023

Articles - UTA Creators

Catherine Gomez
Reaching Out
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.001
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Laisha Verdusco
Who Could Be?
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.002
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Susan Phan
Eleven:FiftyNine PM
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.003
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Serena Karim
Kidneys for Jesus: Religious Motivations for Organ Donation
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.004
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Shuang Gou
Art installation - the charging heart
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Joshua Cupps
Wayfarer
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.006
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Jessica Nwankwo
Bittersweet In-betweens
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.007
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Nina K. Parvari, J.D.
The Irony of Death
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.008
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Cynthia Tran
komerebi: (n.) sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees.
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.009
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Camille Condron
When can it feel like it's about me?
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.010
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Shuang Gou
Laborers, Take heart!
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.011
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Harley Mayfield
"Biopsy of the Human Soul": - A Microscopic View -
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.012
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Hang Pham-Vu
A Thirty-Five Year Journey Back to UTA
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.013
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Hannah Nguyen
Eyes Closed (heart open)
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.014
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Navvin Sadarangani
The Importance of Patient Health Literacy in Medicine
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.015
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Reagan Huskin
Sick in May
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.016
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Reagan Huskin
Feel it in my Bones
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.017
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Ami Patel
It's not the end
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.018
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Shakyra Silva
Gone
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.019
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Caroline Nguyen, Madelina Nguyen
From MS2, To You: Advice I wish I knew
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.020
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Jasmine Riddle
The Healing Hands
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.021
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Christina Nguyen
up there
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.022
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Yanina Blanco
Healing
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.023
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Alexandra Nieto; Elias Nieto
Psychosis
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.024
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Zainab Muhammad
Where No One Goes? Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.025
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Leila Abdelhadi
The Flooding Bridge
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.026
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Esther Kentish
Poetry as Space in Medicine 
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.027
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Misrah
Core of Medicine
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.028
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Lea Arista
Death of the Muse
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.029
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Marcy Davis
Demise Life
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.030
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Joshua Cupps
Only Moments
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.031
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Lisa Phan
Junk Drawer
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.032
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Puja Ankitha Ivaturi
In the palace of Loneliness
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.033
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Ramiro Reyna III Reyna
Heartfelt: A Heart that is Understood
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.034
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Amani Salem
Listen to Your Patient: By Amani Salem
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.035
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Alfredo Palacios
English Proficiency and its Effects on Healthcare Perception and Quality
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.036
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Ami Patel
Part of Me
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.038
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Zainab Muhammad
Eye of the Beholder: Medium: Digital
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.037
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Hang Pham-Vu
UTA 3
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.039
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Alexandra Nieto
Una Mexicana
https://doi.org/10.32855/stimulus.2023.03.040
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Creator Biographies

Hang Pham-Vu
Creator Biographies
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Are you looking to purchase a print copy of the issues of Stimulus? We have a low-cost, on-demand print option for you! 

First Issue: Stimulus 2021

Second Issue: Stimulus 2022