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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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Nicholas

Nicholas

PhD

Expertise

Aging and aging-related diseases; maternal and child health; epidemiology; Alzheimer's disease and related dementia; frailty; cognitive decline

Paulina

Paulina

PhD candidate

Expertise

bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics

Taylor

Taylor

PhD

Expertise

Social Psychology, Positive Psychology, Emotions, Health, Well-being, Meditation, Social Relationships, Prosocial Behavior, Culture, Social Class, Economic Inequality, Political Polarization

Samuel

Samuel

PhD

Expertise

neuroscience with a focus on neural systems, pain, and pharmacology

Alena

Alena

PhD candidate

Expertise

General Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Microeconomics/Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Public Economics, Environmental Economics, Development Economics

Samantha

Samantha

PhD

Expertise

Psychology, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Neuroscience, Music Psychology, Neurodegeneration,Music Neuroscience, Dance, Hearing Loss, Speech Impairment, Development, Child Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Music Therapy, Performance, Dance, Movement Therapy, Musical Groove (aka how we move to dance music), Mobile Apps

Chuck

Chuck

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience of perception and action, statistics, biology, experiment design and data analysis, technical writing, integrative / multi-disciplinary science

Aili

Aili

PhD

Expertise

Social Psychology, Psychology Research Methods, Statistics

Diya

Diya

MEng

Expertise

Engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, engineering mathematics, computational engineering, project management, machine learning for mechanical engineering, theory of constraints, capacity planning, flow optimization

Montserrat

Montserrat

PhD

Expertise

Statistical analysis, including regression, longitudinal analysis, and machine learning using R. Statistical analysis in topics such as politics, education, public health, and economics. Research design, including experimental design and survey design. Comparability studies, including propensity score matching and measurement invariance.

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Social Psychology, stereotypes and prejudice, goals and motivation., diversity science

Nate

Nate

PhD candidate

Expertise

kinesiology, exercise psychology, cognition, physical education

Mina

Mina

PhD candidate

Expertise

Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Statistics

Shannon

Shannon

PhD

Expertise

Parenting, MRI analysis, fNIRS, substance use, mental health, emotion, statistics

Kelly

Kelly

PhD candidate

Expertise

Computer Science

Tamara

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

Tara-Marie

Tara-Marie

PhD

Expertise

Education, Public Policy, Racial Inequality, Math

David

David

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Biology, chemistry, math, statistics, computer science

Megan

Megan

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Medicine, biostatistics, bioinformatics, neuroscience, autism, athletics, big data, disparities

Ronit

Ronit

MD candidate

Expertise

Public health, biotech, medicine, data science, statistics, public policy