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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.

Healthcare
Tatiana

Tatiana

PhD

Expertise

Biology; Neuroscience; Vagus Nerve; Neural Circuitry

Evelyn

Evelyn

MD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Women's Studies, Medicine, Spanish, Quality Improvement Research, Health outcomes research, Oncological Research, Health disparities research

Cyrus

Cyrus

MD candidate

Expertise

Public Health, Environmental Science, Biology

Kalifa

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

HEAVEN

HEAVEN

MPH candidate

Expertise

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

Freddy

Freddy

MD/PhD

Expertise

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

Christina

Christina

MS candidate

Expertise

Anatomy & physiology, clinical medicine

Zoie

Zoie

MPH candidate

Expertise

Health disparities and social determinants of health (public health), mindfulness, mental health and stress, psychology of addictions, human physiology, medicine, philanthropy/non-profit work

Avery

Avery

MD candidate

Expertise

Medicine, Religious studies, Ethics, Business

Emily

Emily

MPH candidate

Expertise

harm reduction/substance use, unhoused populations, infectious disease, HIV, STIs, trauma-informed care

Gaurav

Gaurav

MD candidate

Expertise

Clinical trials/research, Observational studies, Oncology, Anticoagulation, Family Medicine, Infectious Disease, Dermatologic malignancy, Outcomes-based research

Oluwaseyi

Oluwaseyi

MD

Expertise

mental health, psychiatry, public health, health disparities, health inequity, medicine, reproductive health, maternal health,

Natalie

Natalie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Data Science

Natalie

Natalie

MD candidate

Expertise

Global health, human physiology, biology, neuroscience, neurobiology, medicine, surgery

Jessica

Jessica

MD

Expertise

Medicine, Pre-med, Neuroscience

Luke

Luke

MA

Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, Writing

Salman

Salman

MD candidate

Expertise

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

Chanchal

Chanchal

DPT candidate

Expertise

kinesiology / physical therapy / biology / entrepreneurship / psychology / neuroscience