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
Alex

Alex

MD candidate

Expertise

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

Evanka

Evanka

Industry expert

Expertise

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

HEAVEN

HEAVEN

MPH candidate

Expertise

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

Marc

Marc

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biotechnology, Healthcare, Biology, Business of Science, Biomedicine

Salman

Salman

MD candidate

Expertise

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

Zoey

Zoey

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Joshua

Joshua

MD candidate

Expertise

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

christa

christa

PhD

Expertise

computational genomics, bioinformatics, epigenetics, neurological diseases, health data science, machine learning for health data

Lars

Lars

MD candidate

Expertise

Law, intellectual property, health law and policy, bioethics, tech law and innovation

Jobie

Jobie

DMD candidate

Expertise

Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Biotechnology, Dentistry, MedicineEntrepreneurialism, Dentistry, Medicine, Human Development, Organizational Behavior

Jennifer

Jennifer

PhD candidate

Expertise

Bioengineering, bioinformatics, math, physics

Pieter

Pieter

PhD

Expertise

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

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

Stella

Stella

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Metabolism

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

Amy

Amy

PhD

Expertise

Cancer Biology, Molecular/Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, Science Communication, Immunology, Medicine, Biochemistry, Cell Death, Metabolism

Shauna

Shauna

MD

Expertise

Medicine, Biology, Mathematics, Research

Annamarie

Annamarie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer biology, medical science and physiology, understanding human disease, scientific writing and education

Niokhor

Niokhor

PhD

Expertise

Microbiome, Infectious diseases, Clinical microbiology, Veterinary medicin