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Martin Polanco

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Industries: Biotech, Health, Information Technology, Internet
Skills: Business, Entrepreneurship, Guerrilla marketing, Intellectual Property, Management, Marketing, Patents, Viral marketing
Location: Palo Alto, California
Groups: BASES, E-Challenge Competition 2008, Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford University, Global Social Venture Competition, Oxford Entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley Comes To Oxford, Social e-challenge Competition 2008, ST@B: Startup @ Berkeley, UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, William James Foundation Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition
Visas: European passport, US B-1 Visa, Mexico passport
Interested in: Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Trading services
Tags: cancer survivorship, clinical research on post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), neurotechnology, new brain stimulation methods, online activism, psychopharmacology, psychosocial cancer research, social enterprise, transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms), traumatic brain injury (tbi)

FEATURED STARTUP

CRPS/RSD Pain Treatment Center

CRPS/RSD Pain Treatment Center CRPS/RSD Pain Treatment Center

Medical Startup.

  • Startup type: Social Enterprise
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Prototyping

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (BPRU)
Position: Internet Strategy Consultant to Dr. Roland R. Griffiths research team
Time period: April 2008 - Present
Description: Collaboration with Roland R. Griffiths, Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on “Psychopharmacology of Psilocybin in Cancer Patients" study.

http://www.cancer-insight.org

Employer: CRPS/RSD Pain Treatment Center
Position: CEO/Founder
Time period: February 2008 - Present

Employer: MAPS
Position: Fundraising Research/ Marketing Consultant
Time period: August 2006 - March 2008

Employer: Ibogaine Association
Position: Program Director
Time period: August 2005 - July 2006
Description: Co-founded the Ibogaine Association in 2001 in Mexico City, with Ana Lorenzo Mejia M.D.

"The Addiction Stopper" CBS Channel 5 report on ibogaine:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...


Employer: Ibogaine Association
Position: Medical Director
Time period: March 2001 - July 2005

PUBLICATIONS

Patents: DN/20070191691

Martin's Startups (1)

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Martin is Following (5)

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  • Cascade Clean Energy

    A wastewater treatment system that simultaneously cleans waters and generates electricity

  • Social Networks and Water Provision to the Poor

    This is my doctoral thesis project. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used to collect data on 600 organizations that provide water in Argentina. Social network analysis is used to understand how the structure of the network to which thes...

  • YouNoodle

    YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.

  • Embrace

    Stanford spin-off commercializing a $25 incubator for premature infants in developing countries.

Martin's Contacts (12)

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  • Silvia Loica-Mersa

    Romanian-American, 23, Vice President of the Social E-Challenge, recent Stanford graduate

  • Eli Rabek

    From the United States, majoring in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford, Co-President of Stanford BASES, VP of Sigma Nu Fraternity (Beta Chi chapter)

  • Heesun Lho

    Korean, 22, who grew up in the US, currently at Stanford for a Masters of Education, Co-President of BASES

  • Lydia Muwanga

    Ugandan-American, 23, primary interest is in innovation, merging art and technology. Worked at a product design firm in Silicon Valley and studied art in Florence, Italy. Interested in building an internet application to increase exposure and...