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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
Laura

Laura

PhD

Expertise

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

Sandra

Sandra

DO candidate

Expertise

Pathophysiology of diseases, Psychology, Mental health, Holistic medicine, Biochemistry, Psychiatry, Neurology, Community Health, Preventative Health, Pediatrics

Stephanie

Stephanie

MS candidate

Expertise

Psychology, Neuroscience, Public Health, Biostatistics, Epidemiology

Coy

Coy

MD

Expertise

Pediatric medicine, biology, chemistry, premed, nursing

Estefania

Estefania

MPH

Expertise

Public Health, Environmental Justice & Health Disparities, Healthcare Access, Global Health, Sociology, Epidemiology, One health, Environmental Exposures (Climate Change), infectious disease, Women's health, Immigrant Health

Favour

Favour

PhD

Expertise

Tissue engineering, cancer immuno-engineering , drug delivery.

Karim

Karim

PharmD

Expertise

Pharmacy/healthcare-realted topics! (could be general medicine, healthcare, cancer etc.)

Violet

Violet

PhD candidate

Expertise

biochemistry, analytical chemistry, microbiome, genetics, biology

Joshua

Joshua

MD candidate

Expertise

Medicine, basic science, aerospace neuroscience, mental health counseling, professional writing

Evanka

Evanka

MD

Expertise

Arts, Creative Writing, Healthcare, Literature, Medicine, Neuroscience, Public Health, Maternal and Child/Adolescent Health, Psychiatry

Margaret

Margaret

MD

Expertise

Asthma, health disparities

Marc

Marc

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biotechnology, Healthcare, Biology, Business of Science, Biomedicine

Wafiq

Wafiq

MD candidate

Expertise

Medicine

Mihir

Mihir

MD candidate

Expertise

dermatology, gene therapy, crispr, artificial intelligence

Grace

Grace

PhD candidate

Expertise

molecular biology, RNA, oncology drug development, RNA Therapeutics, cancer biology, C. elegans, aging research, lipid metabolism, translational research, public health

Enrique

Enrique

MD

Expertise

Social Determinants of Health, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Math, Pre-Medical and Medical Science

Pieter

Pieter

PhD

Expertise

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

Carlos

Carlos

PhD

Expertise

Cancer Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology

Song

Song

MD candidate

Expertise

Medicine, surgery, basic sciences, english, language arts, sociology, art history or fine arts

Alex

Alex

MD candidate

Expertise

clinical biology, cognitive psychology, US history, classic literature, LGBTQ+ history and rights