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.

Psychiatry
Bailey

Bailey

PhD candidate

Expertise

My research focuses on the neurobiological, behavioral, and environmental factors that influence the development of psychiatric illness.

Louise

Louise

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, neuropsychopharmacology, mental health disorders

Oluwaseyi

Oluwaseyi

MD

Expertise

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

Jianna

Jianna

MD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience-Systems & Circuits, Medicine, Social Neuroscienc

Kyle

Kyle

PhD

Expertise

neuroscience, neuropsychology, learning, memory, neuroimaging, psychometrics, clinical psychology, aging, Alzheimer's disease, statistics, community engagement, mental health

Kathryn

Kathryn

PhD candidate

Expertise

Addiction, substance use, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, trauma, EEG, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, neural development, maternal development

Rosa

Rosa

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Biology

Dewey

Dewey

MA candidate

Expertise

clinical psychology, working memory, executive functions, mood/affect.

JoColl

JoColl

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Psychiatrics, Anxiety, PTSD, Endocrinology, Sensory Systems, Anatomy

Cassie

Cassie

MA/PHD candidate

Expertise

Psychology, Public Health, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Neurodevelopment Disabilities, Access to Mental Health Services

Chris

Chris

Expertise

Psychiatry, Medicine, Business/Consulting

Megan

Megan

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neural circuits, animal behavior, neuroscience of addiction, psychiatry and alternative medicine

Juliana

Juliana

MPH candidate

Expertise

Mental health research, cognitive science, public health, health policy, disability studies

Clara

Clara

PhD candidate

Expertise

neuroscience, molecular biology, psychiatry, essay writing

Benjamin

Benjamin

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical Psychology, Mental Health Equity, Clinical Decision Making

Christopher

Christopher

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience of Addiction, Psychopharmacology, Neuropharmacology, Neuropsychopharmacology

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

MD candidate

Expertise

Inorganic Chemistry, Neurobiology, Neuroscience of fear and attachment, Psychopathology, Psychology

Maggie

Maggie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Addiction neuroscience, neuroscience of sleep, psychiatry/neurobiology of psychiatric disease, the relationship between brain and behavior, genetics

Amy

Amy

MD

Expertise

Psychiatry, medicine, biology, nutrition

Kia

Kia

MD

Expertise

Psychiatry, nutritional science, Creative Writing