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.
Freddy
MD/PhD
Expertise
Cancer, optics, imaging, nanotechnology, engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, pathology, laboratory medicine, transfusion medicine
Amy
PhD
Expertise
Cancer Biology, Molecular/Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, Science Communication, Immunology, Medicine, Biochemistry, Cell Death, Metabolism
Yousif
MD candidate
Expertise
Clinical Research, Urology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Surgery, Pre-Med, Medicine
Karim
PharmD
Expertise
Pharmacy/healthcare-realted topics! (could be general medicine, healthcare, cancer etc.)
Yilan
PhD
Expertise
method development to better understand the disease causes, applications of machine learning/deep learning in biology
Nathan
MD/MBA
Expertise
mental health, wellness, digital health/technology, business models, public health
Laura
PhD
Expertise
Neuroscience, Neurodegenerative diseases, Psychology, Cancer biology, Cancer therapeutics, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Scientific communication
Annamarie
PhD candidate
Expertise
Cancer biology, medical science and physiology, understanding human disease, scientific writing and education
Shae
PhD candidate
Expertise
coding, calculus, modeling, online game creation, epidemiology, biostatistics
Kaitlin
DNP
Expertise
Public health, healthcare, child health policy, resilience, child development
Tamara
PhD candidate
Expertise
biology, medicine, neuroscience, Bioinformatics, Writing, Data science and AI for health and medicine, applications of neuroimaging, Genetics, Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, data visualization using real datasets, Precision medicine and the future of healthcare
Brandon
MD
Expertise
Clinical medicine of all topics, ophthalmology, oncology, cardiology, pulmonology