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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.

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical psychology, neuropsychology, trauamtic brain injury, creative writing

Shae

Shae

MS candidate

Expertise

coding, calculus, modeling, online game creation, epidemiology, biostatistics

Alexander

Alexander

MD candidate

Expertise

Orthopaedic Surgery, DEI, Mentorship, Statistics, Sports Medicine, Sports

Alexander

Alexander

PhD

Expertise

Clinical psychology, geropsychology, mental health, dementia, research methods & statistics, integration of psychology and philosophy

Tara-Marie

Tara-Marie

PhD

Expertise

Education, Public Policy, Racial Inequality

Atharv

Atharv

MA

Expertise

Data Science

Hossein

Hossein

PhD

Expertise

Data Science, Engineer, Statistics, Math, Design Products, engineering design process, user experience design and research, toy design, CAD/3Dprinting, prototyping and rapid manufacturing

John

John

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics of the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industries; Drug Pricing; Competition studies in Healthcare Markets; Determinants of Health; Theory of Healthcare and Health; Entrepreneurship/Business

Prerna

Prerna

PhD candidate

Expertise

Education Policy, Economic Research, Data Analysis, International Development Policy, Causal Inference, Gender, Education and Human Behavior related topics

Nikki

Nikki

MSc candidate

Expertise

Economics, Marketing, Econometrics

Omar

Omar

MD candidate

Expertise

Use of Technology in Medicine and Surgery

sarah

sarah

PhD candidate

Expertise

cancer biology, biology, genetics

Delia

Delia

MS candidate

Expertise

Artificial intelligence(ML/NLP/DL), Computer vision & graphics

Surabhi

Surabhi

MS

Expertise

Statistics, Mathematics, Data Analysis

Angela

Angela

PhD candidate

Expertise

1) Examinations of mental health; 2) Applications of clinical psychology; 3) Projects that approach diagnosis from a neuroscience perspective

Nate

Nate

PhD candidate

Expertise

kinesiology, exercise psychology, cognition, physical education

Danielle

Danielle

PhD candidate

Expertise

satellite-based navigation, model-based estimation, Kalman filters, orbital mechanics, Global Positioning System, stochastic processes, probability and statistics, MatLab coding, writing scientific papers (equation-heavy) in LaTeX, creating figures on Adobe Illustrator

Chris

Chris

PhD candidate

Expertise

sociology, science and technology studies, demography, data analysis

Lindsey

Lindsey

MS candidate

Expertise

Mathematics, Computing

Gabriel

Gabriel

PhD candidate

Expertise

Media effects, digital media research, social media effects, video game use and outcomes, gender differences in digital media use and outcomes, digital inequalities and social outcomes, communication theory, sociological theory, social statistics, applied statistics and data analysis, filmmaking and video storytelling, video editing, digital photography, graphic design, visual effects (after effects, premiere pro)