Medicine Research Program Mentors for High School Students | Polygence
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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.

Medicine
Sameera

Sameera

MD candidate

Expertise

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

Yilan

Yilan

PhD

Expertise

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

Carin

Carin

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, genetics, neurodevelopmental disorders, medicine, rare diseases

Shayda

Shayda

PhD

Expertise

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

Laura

Laura

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Neurodegenerative diseases, Psychology, Cancer biology, Cancer therapeutics, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Scientific communication

Pieter

Pieter

PhD

Expertise

Stem Cell Biology, Tissue Regeneration, Metabolism, Aging, Image Processing

Mahlet

Mahlet

MD candidate

Expertise

artificial intelligence, medicine, creative and academic writing, human development, essays, applications

Cody

Cody

PhD

Expertise

Biomedical Engineering

Natalie

Natalie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Medicine, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Data Science

HEAVEN

HEAVEN

MPH candidate

Expertise

Public Health, Health Policy, Community Health Sciences, Immigrant health, Medicine & public health

Jerry

Jerry

DO candidate

Expertise

Human anatomy, human physiology and pathophysiology, technological and pharmacological advancements in medicine, psychology of learning, use of technology in education, and techniques in pencil and digital drawing

Bhairavy

Bhairavy

PhD candidate

Expertise

biomedical engineering/sciences, oncology, immunology, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine

Jennifer

Jennifer

PhD candidate

Expertise

Bioengineering, bioinformatics, math, physics

Margaret

Margaret

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

genetics, biology, bioinformatics, medicine

Claudia

Claudia

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biological anthropology; human skeletal biology, osteology; human anatomy; human evolution

Margaret

Margaret

MD

Expertise

Asthma, health disparities

Zoey

Zoey

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

economics, medicine, healthcare, public health, policy, data science, classics, biology, chemistry

Stella

Stella

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Metabolism

Alexander

Alexander

MD candidate

Expertise

Orthopaedic Surgery, DEI, Mentorship, Statistics, Sports Medicine, Sports

Salman

Salman

MD candidate

Expertise

Psychology, Social Neuroscience, Biology, Medicine, Pre-med, Medical school admissions, MCAT, Neuroscience