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.
Ronit
MD candidate
Expertise
Public health, biotech, medicine, data science, statistics, public policy
Michael
MD
Expertise
Increasing Value in Healthcare, Health Innovation, Public Speaking, Medicine, Health Disparities, Molecular Biology
Salman
MD
Expertise
Psychology, Social Neuroscience, Biology, Medicine, Pre-med, Medical school admissions, MCAT, Neuroscience
Oluwaseyi
MD
Expertise
mental health, psychiatry, public health, health disparities, health inequity, medicine, reproductive health, maternal health,
Kalifa
MD candidate
Expertise
Projects that approach medicine from a public health perspective; Understanding the global implications of health policy; Using quantitative and qualitative analysis
Alexander
MD candidate
Expertise
Orthopaedic Surgery, DEI, Mentorship, Statistics, Sports Medicine, Sports
Akram
MD
Expertise
Internal Medicine, Nephrology, GI, Physiology, Chemistry, Physics 1, Epidemiology/Stats, Biology, Teaching, Course Creating, Geometry, Algebra 1 & 2, Writing Manuscripts, Motivation, Habit Building, General Sciences
Chloris
MS
Expertise
speech-language pathology, psychology, health, video editing, music composition
Karim
PharmD
Expertise
Pharmacy/healthcare-realted topics! (could be general medicine, healthcare, cancer etc.)
Ogechi
MBA candidate
Expertise
Entrepreneurship, psychology, personal development, public speaking, hosting, Fashion and styling, consulting, and advisory
Chizoma
MBA
Expertise
Neuroscience, Neurodevelopment, Management Consulting, Business (Marketing, Operations, Finance), Healthcare Technology, Healthcare Strategy, Product Management, Pharma & BioTech, Health Equity, Healthcare Advocacy, Digital Health, Healthcare Administration, Social Determinants of Health, Psychology, Human Biology, Technology (strategy & implementation), Cancer Research
Ann
DPT
Expertise
Anatomy; Physiology; Exercise Science; Orthopedics; Healthcare; Physical Therapy; Physical Rehabilitation
Bijal
MHA
Expertise
Public Health, Anthropology, Global Health, Gerontology, Business, Healthcare Administration, Product Development
Alexander
PhD
Expertise
Clinical psychology, geropsychology, mental health, health psychology, sleep, research methods & statistics,
Natalie
PhD candidate
Expertise
Medicine, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Data Science