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Research Program Mentors

Polygence mentors are selected based on their exceptional academic background, teaching experience, and unique ability to inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers and industry leaders.

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Abigail

Abigail

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer biology, research, translational research

Sameera

Sameera

MD candidate

Expertise

neuroscience, neurodegenerative diseases, addiction studies, behavioral psychology, cancer medicine

Nabila

Nabila

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology-mental health and well-being. Examining developmental populations, and themes of race/racism, poverty, the family, school, and community contexts. Mindfulness and academic trajectories for kids and youth.

Karen

Karen

MBA candidate

Expertise

business management, mba, leadership

Lijia

Lijia

EdM

Expertise

School psychology, general psychology, creative writing

Nassim

Nassim

MPH

Expertise

Veterinary Medicine,Microbiology,Public Health, Epidemiology, Food Hygiene and Food Science,Infectious Disease,Genetics

Shanille

Shanille

MS

Expertise

Global Health, Mental Health, Women's and Children's Health, Health Systems, International Relations, Sustainability, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Algebra, Cell Culture, Tissue Engineering, Cell Biology, Reproductive Rights, Sub-Saharan African Development

Ayah

Ayah

MSE candidate

Expertise

Mathematics (algebra, pre-calc & calc), Advanced Mathematics (differential equations, linear algebra), applications and concepts in Electrical Engineering, Probability and Data Science

Yilan

Yilan

PhD

Expertise

method development to better understand the disease causes, applications of machine learning/deep learning in biology

Youlim

Youlim

PhD candidate

Expertise

Microbiology, Infectious disease, Biology, Immunology, Film Production

BIlal

BIlal

PhD

Expertise

Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, & Neuroscience

Carmen

Carmen

PhD

Expertise

Child health, neuroscience, science writing

Hunter

Hunter

PhD

Expertise

History; Religion; Islamic Studies; History of the Middle East; History of South Asia; Issues in Science and Religion; the History of Philosophy; Science and Technology Studies (STS)

River

River

PhD candidate

Expertise

Latin Epic Literature

Beverly

Beverly

PhD

Expertise

biology; ecology; coral reef ecology

Imantha

Imantha

Master of Health Administration

Expertise

Master of Healthcare Administration. I also have a BS in Biology.

Ryan

Ryan

PhD candidate

Expertise

biology, biotech, genetics, computational biology, bioinformatics

Carin

Carin

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, genetics, neurodevelopmental disorders, medicine, rare diseases

Sunny

Sunny

MS candidate

Expertise

intersections of mathematics, applied economics, econometrics, computer science

Shayda

Shayda

PhD

Expertise

Projects that approach medicine and modeling from a biosensor research perspective.