More than ever, women are making a huge impact in medical science and engineering. They are passionate about bringing solutions to the market that improve patient outcomes and transform patient’s lives. They have broken through barriers to go on to develop transformational devices and create products to fight COVID-19, cancer, and other life-threatening diseases. This feature tells the stories of a handful of these women, including industry leaders from academia, medical device companies, and FDA.
The Future for Women
The women highlighted here represent the major contributions being made by women across the medical device industry. Especially during the pandemic, they took their passion for engineering and science and used it to make the world better for patients.
Interviews:
- Amy Abernethy, Principal Deputy Commissioner and Acting Chief Information Officer, U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Director, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Diane Bryant, CEO & Chairman, NovaSignal
- Janice Chen, Co-founder & CTO, Mammoth Biosciences
- Sarah Levy-Schreier, CTO, Sight Diagnostics
- Carrie Mulherin, Chief Marketing Officer, LightDeck Diagnostics
- Sheena Oliver, Chief Marketing Officer, Wholesale USA, WS Audiology
- Jennifer Ponti, Director of Medical Business Development, Web Industries, Inc.
- Evelyn Rueda, Research and Development Engineer, Avery Dennison Medical
- Sarah Levy-Schreier, CTO, Sight Diagnostics
- Jennifer Zhao, Executive Vice President and General Manager, ams Advanced Optical Sensors Division
Profiles:
This article was compiled by Sherrie Trigg, Editor/Director of Medical Content for MDB. She can be reached at
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