Women’s History Month: An Interview with Dr. Nichole Mercier, HonNAI (Links to an external site)
Category: Women Innovators
WashU Medicine innovator Polina Lishko, PhD, selected to the 2025 Equalize Startups cohort
Polina Lishko, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology and BJC Investigator at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was selected to the 2025 Equalize Startups cohort in the therapeutics category. Lishko joins 38 other women academic entrepreneurs in a six-month mentoring, training and networking program that culminates in a virtual pitch event […]
Washington People: Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg (Links to an external site)
Physician-scientist brings empathy, compassion to families with children in critical care
Equalize Startups: Applications for the Equalize 2025 cohort now open
Equalize Startups is a six-month mentoring, training and networking program that seeks to equalize the pathway for academic women who want to commercialize their innovations. Equalize participants receive education, a field-specific mentor, and access to networks that drive new entrepreneurial connections. Equalize candidates can include faculty, postdocs, and grad students in STEM disciplines. Applications are […]
2024 Women in Innovation & Technology Symposium
The Office of Technology Management hosted their annual Women in Innovation & Technology Symposium on April 11, 2024. The event was a day of learning and networking for women academics interested in technology commercialization. Featured speakers for the event included representatives from the United States Patent and Trademark Office; national venture capital consultants; Washington University […]
2023 Women in Innovation & Technology Luncheon
The Office of Technology Management’s Women in Innovation & Technology program brings together WashU’s women academic researchers to celebrate their achievements in technology commercialization and showcase successful role models. This year’s annual luncheon on November 8th, hosted by the Office of Technology Management and sponsored by McKelvey School of Engineering, featured keynote speaker, Lan Yang, […]
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Technology Management
The Office of Technology Management aims to create an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment around patenting, commercialization, and entrepreneurship by offering programming, targeted outreach, and resources accessible to all. A key component of OTM’s DEI efforts is a dedicated staff position charged with launching programming focused on increasing entrepreneurial awareness, education, and action among underrepresented […]
‘She Leads’ to empower women through panels, presentations (Links to an external site)
The Ann W. and Spencer T. Olin-Chancellor’s Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis will host the 2023 “She Leads Symposium @ WashU” from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 20 in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium.
Equalize 2023 Pitch Competition Results Announced (Links to an external site)
