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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
Taylor

Taylor

PhD

Expertise

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

Carlos

Carlos

PhD

Expertise

Cancer Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology

Annamarie

Annamarie

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Laura

Laura

PhD

Expertise

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

Sameera

Sameera

MD candidate

Expertise

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

Roula

Roula

MD candidate

Expertise

psychology, biology, public health, social sciences, biochemistry

Mohammad

Mohammad

DO

Expertise

Dermatology, Physics, Physiology

Freddy

Freddy

MD/PhD

Expertise

Cancer, optics, imaging, nanotechnology, engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, pathology, laboratory medicine, transfusion medicine

Amy

Amy

PhD

Expertise

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

Mina

Mina

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

special interests in cardiovascular disease, eye disease, health policy, and innovations in medicine

Shayda

Shayda

PhD

Expertise

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

Claudia

Claudia

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Blynn

Blynn

MD

Expertise

Biomedical Engineering

Vania

Vania

PhD

Expertise

immunology, oncology, pathology, spanish

Stella

Stella

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Metabolism

Salman

Salman

MD

Expertise

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

Yilan

Yilan

PhD

Expertise

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

Carin

Carin

MD/PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience, genetics, neurodevelopmental disorders, medicine, rare diseases

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

Shae

Shae

PhD candidate

Expertise

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