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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
Zoey

Zoey

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Gibran

Gibran

DMD

Expertise

Dentistry, Chemistry, Surgery, Anatomy, Research, Pathology

Shae

Shae

PhD candidate

Expertise

coding, calculus, modeling, online game creation, epidemiology, biostatistics

Roula

Roula

MD candidate

Expertise

psychology, biology, public health, social sciences, biochemistry

Daniel

Daniel

MD

Expertise

Medicine, Clinical medicine, Radiology, Interventional radiology, MRI, CT, Ultrasound

Song

Song

MD candidate

Expertise

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

David

David

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Biology, chemistry, math, statistics, computer science, medicine

Vik

Vik

DO

Expertise

Middle/High/College Math and Science, Pre-Medicine, Medicine

Evanka

Evanka

MD candidate

Expertise

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

Kim

Kim

MD

Expertise

Medicine (family medicine physician)

Adam

Adam

PhD

Expertise

Machine learning, causal inference, quantitative finance, biomedical engineering, and data science

Adeoluwa

Adeoluwa

MD candidate

Expertise

Biology, Health, Healthcare/medicine, Public Health, Creative Writing, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Interviewing, Qualitative analysis, Literature review, Research Presentation

Claudia

Claudia

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Kaitlin

Kaitlin

DNP

Expertise

Public health, healthcare, child health policy, resilience, child development

Sandra

Sandra

DO candidate

Expertise

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

Coy

Coy

MD

Expertise

Pediatric medicine, biology, chemistry, premed, nursing

Sameera

Sameera

MD candidate

Expertise

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

Taylor

Taylor

PhD

Expertise

Cancer biology, cell signaling, systems biology, cancer cell heterogeneity, biomedical engineering

Naedum

Naedum

MD/PhD

Expertise

Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Nanoparticles, Drug Delivery Systems

Yilan

Yilan

PhD

Expertise

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