Grey Matter: The Power of Poetry in Medicine

Medical Humanities captures the broad interdisciplinary study of medicine in literature and art. This field of study, that was once in the margins of academic research, has recently appeared at the vanguard of literary studies. Grey Matter is an original journal conceived by medical students at the University of Arizona: College of Medicine in Phoenix and engaged the local Phoenix community to share medically related experiences through poetry. I am currently serving as the Managing Editor of the journal and oversee all of the operations including editorial duties, marketing promotion, and event management. My project will involve curating a collection of poems from the local Phoenix community and organize events to allow for selected poets to share their stories