{"id":8342,"date":"2018-05-03T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=8342"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:56","slug":"gender-gap-in-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/03\/gender-gap-in-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackling the gender gap in innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8345\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech.png\" alt=\"Rosie the Riveter over a digital BG\" width=\"665\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech-125x84.png 125w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech-298x200.png 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In recognition of World Intellectual Property Day, the U-M Office of Tech Transfer recently recognized the achievements of U-M faculty and researchers, who, since 2011, have been responsible for more than 900 patents\u2014laying the groundwork for dozens of products, services and startup companies that are already contributing toward the betterment of society.<\/p>\n<p>Following the lead of the World Intellectual Property Organization, which marked the occasion by celebrating \u201cthe brilliance, ingenuity, curiosity and courage of women who are driving change in our world and shaping our common future,\u201d U-M Tech Transfer <a href=\"https:\/\/news.umich.edu\/tackling-the-gender-gap-in-innovation\/\">shared the stories of five women innovators,<\/a> including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jane Huggins<\/strong>,\u00a0associate research scientist and a foremost researcher on brain-computer interfaces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Olivia Walch<\/strong>,\u00a0who developed the Entrain app, which helps travelers shift their circadian rhythms to reduce jet lag in a new time zone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mingyan Liu<\/strong>, electrical engineering and computer science professor, developed a system that analyzes internet measurement data to provide a cybersecurity rating for an enterprise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recognition of World Intellectual Property Day, the U-M Office of Tech Transfer recently recognized the achievements of U-M faculty and researchers, who, since 2011, have been responsible for more than 900 patents\u2014laying the groundwork for dozens of products, services and startup companies that are already contributing toward the betterment of society. Following the lead of the World\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/03\/gender-gap-in-innovation\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[178,21,188],"class_list":["post-8342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-business","tag-innovation","tag-people"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech.png",665,446,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech-125x84.png",125,84,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech-298x200.png",298,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech.png",665,446,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech.png",600,402,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech.png",665,446,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech.png",665,446,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech-658x300.png",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech-665x446.png",665,446,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/women-in-tech.png",373,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In recognition of World Intellectual Property Day, the U-M Office of Tech Transfer recently recognized the achievements of U-M faculty and researchers, who, since 2011, have been responsible for more than 900 patents\u2014laying the groundwork for dozens of products, services and startup companies that are already contributing toward the betterment of society. 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