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
Laura

Laura

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Chris

Chris

Expertise

Psychiatry, Medicine, Business/Consulting

Anna

Anna

None candidate

Expertise

Medicine, Cancer biology & treatment approaches, Microbiology, Immunology, Physiology, Anatomy, Surgery, and other topics pertinent to medical and public health research

Chloe

Chloe

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Biology, Virology, Medicine, Health, Infectious Disease, Covid-19, Immunology, Anatomy, Addiction, Opioid Epidemic, Neuroscience, Animal Behavior, Psychiatry, any additional topic within health/medicine.

Poonam

Poonam

PhD

Expertise

Cancer, Molecular Biology, Protein purification, Cell based assays

Nicole

Nicole

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Project Management, Clinical Research

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

cancer biology, reproductive science, medicine, ovarian biology,

Yoelkys

Yoelkys

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Microbiology and Infectious disease, the social determinants of health for infectious diseases, sustainable healthcare interventions, engineering bacterial to be beneficial to humans

Abrar

Abrar

PhD

Expertise

Cancer biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics/Genetics, Medicine/Health, Scientific writing

Abigail

Abigail

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer biology, research, translational research

Caroline

Caroline

MD candidate

Expertise

Anthropology, Medicine, Social Science, Qualitative Research, Ethics

Christopher

Christopher

PhD candidate

Expertise

General biology, cancer biology, stem cell biology, cancer immunology, or cancer therapy.

Rachel

Rachel

PhD candidate

Expertise

molecular and cellular biology, genetic engineering, pharmacology, disease biology and epidemiology

Brian

Brian

M.D. candidate

Expertise

Narrative Medicine, Creative Non-Fiction, Immunology, Biology

Leah

Leah

PhD

Expertise

Behavioral neuroscience and neurobiology of psychiatric illnesses

Max

Max

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biology, aging, cancer, computational biology, stem cell biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, synthetic biology, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals

Spencer

Spencer

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer Immunology/Immunotherapy, Cancer Biology, Immunology, Virology, Infectious Disease

Joseph

Joseph

MD

Expertise

medicine (radiology) and interplay with data science, beginner coding projects for those with an interest in medicine and looking to gain experience in the publication process.

Haille

Haille

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer biology, psychology, neuroscience, physiology, anatomy, pharmacology, genetics, immunology etc.

Reuben

Reuben

PhD candidate

Expertise

Organic Chemistry, Cancer Biology and Therapeutics, Drug Discovery & Development, Biology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Pharmaceuticals