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Traditional Media Coverage

How Johnson & Johnson is building a diverse STEM2D community
Apr 18, 2019 | Women in Color Magazine

Johnson & Johnson launched the Women in Science, Technology, Math, Manufacturing, and Design (WiSTEM2D) program in 2015 to increase the representation of women in science and technical fields.
Johnson & Johnson Announces Winners of 2019 Women in STEM2D Scholars Award
Apr 8, 2019 | STEMconnector

The six winners are assistant or associate academic professors or the global equivalent and represent women leaders in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design; Each winner will receive $150,000 in funding and three years of mentorship from Johnson & Johnson.
Johnson & Johnson announces Women in STEM2D winners
Apr 19, 2019 | Medical Design & Outsourcing
By Danielle Kirsh

Johnson & Johnson recently announced six winners for its 2019 Women in STEM2D Scholars Award. Each winner will receive $150,000 in funding and three years of mentorship from the company.
Johnson & Johnson announces Women in STEM2D winners
Apr 19, 2019 | Mass Device
By Danielle Kirsh

Johnson & Johnson recently announced six winners for its 2019 Women in STEM2D Scholars Award. Each winner will receive $150,000 in funding and three years of mentorship from the company.
These 6 University Researchers Are Ready to Change the World With Their Inventions
Apr 19, 2019 | 3BL Media

They're the winners of the second annual Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award, thanks to such amazing innovations as tattoos that can monitor changes in your metabolism. Meet them and their groundbreaking work.
UC Davis Designer Receives STEM Grant From Johnson & Johnson
Apr 11, 2019 | Bioengineer.com

One of six faculty in nation to receive mentoring and funding.

University Coverage

Professor Who Merges Technology and Design Receives STEM Grant
Apr 11, 2019 | UC Davis
By Becky Oskin

Melding computing, chemistry, biotech, anatomy, human behavior, electronics and design, A UC Davis design professor has caught the attention of Johnson & Johnson as one of six researchers in the country to receive from the company financial support and mentoring for her work.
Grace Gu named a Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D scholar
Apr 9, 2019 | Berkeley Engineering

Mechanical engineering professor Grace Gu is one of six 2019 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D scholars. She was honored for training a model for a smart 3-D printer that can perform predictive diagnostics to ensure optimal printing quality.
J&J Names BME Prof. Ronke Olabisi Women in STEM Scholar
Apr 10, 2019 | Rutgers School of Engineering

The Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award aims to fuel the development of women and inspire career paths in their respective STEM2D fields.
Prize for the Advancement of Women's Scientific Leadership for Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky
Apr 14, 2019 | Technicion

This is the first time that the prize has been awarded to an Israeli researcher.
Assistant professor wins research award from Johnson & Johnson
Apr 12, 2019 | University of Colorado Boulder

The Women in STEM2D Scholars Award aims to fuel the development of women and inspire career paths in their respective fields.

Traditional Media Coverage

How Johnson & Johnson is building a diverse STEM2D community

Apr 18, 2019 | Women in Color Magazine

Johnson & Johnson launched the Women in Science, Technology, Math, Manufacturing, and Design (WiSTEM2D) program in 2015 to increase the representation of women in science and technical fields.
The program’s multifaceted approach is designed to engage females at three pivotal development stages in their lives: ages 5 to 18 years, university disciplines, and the professional workforce.
"Through this Award and other programs, Johnson & Johnson is working to increase the participation of women in STEM2D fields worldwide," said Cat Oyler, vice president, Global Public Health, Tuberculosis, Johnson & Johnson, and WiSTEM2D University Sponsor. “We want to nourish the development of women leaders building a larger pool of highly-trained, female researchers so that they can lead STEM2D breakthroughs in the future.”
Johnson & Johnson will recognize the 2019 winners of its Women in STEM2D Scholars Award at an awards ceremony on April 24, 2019, at Johnson & Johnson’s worldwide headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Each recipient represents one of the STEM2D disciplines: science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing, and design. The WiSTEM2D Scholars Award grants $150,000 and three years of mentorship to each winner.
For more information and to apply for the 2020 Awards, visit https://www.jnj.com/wistem2d.

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Johnson & Johnson Announces Winners of 2019 Women in STEM2D Scholars Award

Apr 8, 2019 | STEMconnector

Johnson & Johnson today announced the six winners of the annual Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award, granting $150,000 and three years of mentorship to each winner. Each recipient represents one of the STEM2D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.
Launched in June 2017, the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award aims to fuel development of female STEM2D leaders and feed the STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers. The goal is to support the research of the awarded women and inspire career paths in their respective STEM2D fields.
Nominations were open to female scholars in each of the STEM2D disciplines. Johnson & Johnson established an independent Advisory Board to select the winners from a field of more than 400 highly qualified applicants from across the world. The winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony on April 24, 2019 at Johnson & Johnson’s worldwide headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
“Through this Award and other programs, Johnson & Johnson is working to increase the participation of women in STEM2D fields worldwide,” said Cat Oyler, Vice President, Global Public Health, Tuberculosis, Johnson & Johnson and WiSTEM2D University Sponsor. “We want to nourish the development of women leaders building a larger pool of highly-trained, female researchers so that they can lead STEM2D breakthroughs in the future.”
JOHNSON & JOHNSON’s 2019 WISTEM2D SCHOLARS AWARD WINNERS
The winners and their research, across each of the six STEM2D disciplines, represent important global innovations both for today and the future. The recipients of the 2019 WiSTEM2D Scholars Award are:
SCIENCE: Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology – Geva-Zatorsky is studying the interactions between gut microbes and the immune system with long-term goal to harness them for better health of people.
TECHNOLOGY: Shengxi Huang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, The Penn State University – Rather than relying on a myriad of tests for illness detection, Huang is developing one device to help measure different biomolecules that have the potential to cause disease, including cancer cells and amyloid beta.
ENGINEERING: Ronke Olabisi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers University – Olabisi is developing a new, innovative hydrogel that can be placed over an injury, delivering a constant supply of stem cell growth factors and insulin to speed up tissue and skin growth to heal burns, chronic wounds and long-term lesions.
MANUFACTURING: Grace X. Gu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Berkeley – To address the limitations in materials design and manufacturing, Gu is developing a smarter, more efficient 3-D printer that can self-correct while in use during a print job. It also utilizes a greater range of materials to produce everything from stronger prosthetics to tougher bike helmets much more reliably and quickly.
MATH: Rebecca Morrison, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Science at University of Colorado, Boulder – With the goal of creating more precise, data-driven models that can address complex physical systems (ex. climate change), Morrison is identifying flexible algorithms that can run mathematical calculations on variables more quickly and accurately as they shift over time.
DESIGN: Katia Vega, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Design, UC Davis – Vega is already using the body as a new source of wearable technology but this award will enable her to experiment with biosensors and interactive skin with the potential to help people with diabetes and severe burns.
For more information and to apply for the 2020 Awards, visit: https://www.jnj.com/wistem2d.
About Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D
Building a diverse STEM2D community is one approach Johnson & Johnson is taking as part of a broader effort to accelerate the development of women leaders and support women at all stages of their life to improve global health and well-being and drive sustainable economic growth. Johnson & Johnson launched the WiSTEM2D (Women in Science, Technology, Math, Manufacturing and Design) program in 2015 to increase the representation of women in science and technical fields. The program’s multifaceted approach is designed to engage females at three pivotal development stages in their lives:Youth Programs (Ages 5 to 18 years): Johnson & Johnson is partnering with organizations to align curriculum in schools, augment program-based learning and engage Johnson & Johnson employees around the world as mentors to students.University Talent: Johnson & Johnson is partnering with leading academic institutions to develop high-impact strategies for increasing the number of women enrolling in and graduating with STEM2D programs and degrees. At the graduate level, Johnson & Johnson has implemented to STEM2D Scholars Award to increase the number of women pursuing research in STEM2D fields.Professionals: Johnson & Johnson is identifying and implementing best practices for attracting and retaining the world’s best technical female talent.
About Johnson & Johnson
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe good health is the foundation of vibrant lives, thriving communities and forward progress. That’s why for more than 130 years, we have aimed to keep people well at every age and every stage of life. Today, as the world’s largest and most broadly-based health care company, we are committed to using our reach and size for good. We strive to improve access and affordability, create healthier communities, and put a healthy mind, body and environment within reach of everyone, everywhere. We are blending our heart, science and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.

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Johnson & Johnson announces Women in STEM2D winners

Apr 19, 2019 | Medical Design & Outsourcing

By Danielle Kirsh

Johnson & Johnson recently announced six winners for its 2019 Women in STEM2D Scholars Award. Each winner will receive $150,000 in funding and three years of mentorship from the company.
Johnson & Johnson launched its Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award in 2017 to encourage the development of female STEM2D leaders by awarding and sponsoring women. Each of the award women will have their research supported as part of the program.
Female scholars from the science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design disciplines were nominated. Johnson & Johnson had an independent advisory board that selected winners from more than 400 qualified applications from across the world. The company will recognize the winners at an April 24 ceremony at its New Brunswick, N.J. headquarters.
“Through this award and other programs, Johnson & Johnson is working to increase the participation of women in STEM2D fields worldwide,” Cat Oyler, VP of global public health, tuberculosis at Johnson & Johnson and WiSTEM2D university sponsor, said in a press release. “We want to nourish the development of women leaders building a larger pool of highly trained, female researchers so that they can lead STEM2D breakthroughs in the future.”
The winners of the award include:
Science: Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky, assistant professor of medicine at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, is currently studying interactions between gut microbes and the immune system to use them to improve health.
Technology: Dr. Shengxi Huang, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Penn State University, is developing a device to measure different biomolecules to bring illness detection to one device.
Engineering: Dr. Ronke Olabisi, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Rutgers University, is developing a hydrogel that can be placed over an injury to continuously supply stem cell growth factors and insulin to heal burns, chronic wounds and lesions.
Manufacturing: Dr. Grace X. Gu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, is developing a 3D printer that self-corrects during a printing job while using a number of materials to make things like stronger prosthetics.
Math: Dr. Rebecca Morrison, assistant professor of computer science at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is identifying flexible algorithms that run mathematical calculations on variable quickly and accurately.
Design: Dr. Katia Vega, assistant professor of design at UC Davis, is experimenting with biosensors and interactive skin to help people who have diabetes or severe burns.

https://www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/johnson-johnson-announces-women-in-stem2d-winners/

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Johnson & Johnson announces Women in STEM2D winners

Apr 19, 2019 | Mass Device

By Danielle Kirsh

Johnson & Johnson recently announced six winners for its 2019 Women in STEM2D Scholars Award. Each winner will receive $150,000 in funding and three years of mentorship from the company.
Johnson & Johnson launched its Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award in 2017 to encourage the development of female STEM2D leaders by awarding and sponsoring women. Each of the award women will have their research supported as part of the program.
Female scholars from the science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design disciplines were nominated. Johnson & Johnson had an independent advisory board that selected winners from more than 400 qualified applications from across the world. The company will recognize the winners at an April 24 ceremony at its New Brunswick, N.J. headquarters.
Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.

https://www.massdevice.com/johnson-johnson-announces-women-in-stem2d-winners/

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These 6 University Researchers Are Ready to Change the World With Their Inventions

Apr 19, 2019 | 3BL Media

These 6 University Researchers Are Ready to Change the World With Their Inventions
A better, smarter 3-D printer. A gel that could speed up wound healing—and minimize scarring. Tattoos that could monitor your metabolism.
These are just a sampling of the big ideas the winners of Johnson & Johnson’s second annual WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program are hoping to one day bring to market.
While the six winners hail from different disciplines, they have certain things in common: “Their science, their research, their design principles are on the cutting edge,” says Cat Oyler, Vice President, Global Public Health, Tuberculosis, Johnson & Johnson. “As leading academic professors, they’re also demonstrating an incredible commitment to furthering women’s careers.”
Oyler helps to oversee the Scholars Award Program, which was launched to help advance the careers of women studying science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design at the graduate level. This year, 450 applicants were nominated by their universities to compete for six awards worth $150,000 each, which are given to each award winner over a three-year period. Each candidate must be an assistant professor and submit a research proposal. The criteria for a winning proposal are simple—if by simple you mean singular. “We’re really looking for projects that have the potential to change the world,” Oyler says.
Enter this year’s six Scholars Award winners, who share how they plan to revolutionize health and well-being.Using the body as a new source of wearable tech
Katia Vega, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of design, University of California, Davis
What she's working on ... Vega mixes elements from programming, design, chemistry and electronics to create wearable devices—from fake eyelashes that can turn on the lights with the blink of an eye to synthetic hair that can call the police and share your location with a single touch.Now she's trying to use skin in the same way. She’s already developed tattoos that use biosensors to monitor changes in a person’s metabolism; the invention could help diabetics keep tabs on their blood sugar simply by, say, watching their ink change from black to pink. She’s also thinking about creating an interactive skin that could be used as a prosthetic for people who’ve suffered serious burns.The coolest part of her research ... “All these products turn people into superheroes,” Vega says. “It's not about solving a specific human problem, but rather creating a solution that could solve many problems.”
Take those eyelashes. They were originally designed for an artist to turn the lights and music on during a theater performance—and then Vega realized they’d also be helpful for a quadriplegic colleague so he could turn on the TV and change channels.Healing burns and chronic wounds through innovative tissue engineering
Ronke Mojoyinola Olabisi, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of biomedical engineering, Rutgers University
What she’s working on ... There’s already been research done on how using adult stem cells or insulin can help heal wounds. Olabisi has combined the two into a thin layer of hydrogel that can be placed over an injury to deliver a constant supply of stem cell growth factors and insulin in order to speed up tissue and skin growth and heal burns and chronic wounds—the type of long-term lesions that often afflict the elderly, diabetics and people who are obese.
The coolest part of her research ... “In our studies, we've seen skin healing three times faster than what’s ever been reported, and the wound healed without scarring,” Olabisi says. “I was expecting that it would go faster, but I didn't expect it would go three times as fast. So that was really, really exciting. If this experiment works in people with chronic wounds—some of whom have had an open wound for 30 years—it could potentially transform their lives.”Building a smarter 3-D printer
Grace X. Gu, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, University of California, Berkeley
What she’s working on ... As groundbreaking as it is, 3-D printing still faces many challenges today. It can be slow; the printed parts may not be uniform, or their mechanical properties may be suboptimal; and there's a limited palette of raw materials to draw from.
By taking concepts from computer science and applying them to manufacturing, Gu is training a model for a smart 3-D printer that can perform predictive diagnostics to ensure optimal printing quality. The aim: create a machine that can correct mistakes on the fly, use a greater range of materials and produce everything from stronger prosthetics to tougher bike helmets much more reliably and quickly.
The coolest part of her research ... “The big goal is to develop materials that are inspired by nature, like seashells and bones, and discover new material combinations never before manufactured,” Gu says. "These biomaterials possess remarkable mechanical properties that are yet to be replicated by man-made counterparts. This way we can make implants, for instance, tailored to each individual with the properties necessary for structural integrity of the part—and push the frontiers of additive manufacturing.”Making mathematical models that can help solve problems like climate change
Rebecca Morrison, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of computer science, University of Colorado Boulder
What she’s working on ... When scientists study physical systems in the world—like the climate or electrical power grids—they look at the interactions between many different types of data. In the case of climate, that means temperature and weather, for instance, or amount of rainfall.
Morrison wants to identify flexible algorithms that can run mathematical calculations on these variables more quickly and accurately as they shift over time, and create more precise computational, physics-based and data-driven models of those changes so it's easier to address complex issues like climate.
The coolest part of her research ... “We could get reliable predictions of what we think the climate will be in 10, 20 or 100 years," Morrison says. "And if we can identify some trends or a pattern, then we could predict which interactions aren’t so important now, but might become very important in the future.”Investigating disease-causing connections between gut microbes and the immune system
Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Ph.D., assistant professor, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
What she’s working on ... We know there are billions of microbes teeming in our intestines, and that the balance of good and harmful bacteria in our gut impacts when we get sick. We also know that these bacteria interact with our immune system. What we don’t know—and what Geva-Zatorsky would like to find out—is how.
“I am interested in understanding the mechanisms,” she says. “How do the microbes regulate certain immune cells, and which molecules are important for this interaction?” Once she and her team discover the answers, they may be able to develop more precise treatments for chronic conditions like irritable bowel syndrome, targeted to people’s individual gut bacteria.
The coolest part of her research ... “We’ve succeeded in developing a tool that’s able to label these bacteria with fluorescent markers so we can visualize them,” Geva-Zatorsky says. “Up until recently, they were invisible to us.” Now that she can see them in action in their natural environment, she explains, she’s one step closer to discovering the signaling process between the bacteria and immune systems.Creating one tool that could help diagnose many types of diseases
Shengxi Huang, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of electrical engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
What she's working on ... If something’s wrong with your health, it could take a battery of tests—from blood work to MRIs—to pinpoint what’s ailing you. But Huang has invented one device that can measure the different spectra of lights scattering on different biomolecules that have the potential to cause disease, be it cancer cells or amyloid beta (the protein that forms plaques in Alzheimer’s patients).
The gadget may be able to detect some illnesses earlier and more accurately than we currently do. If the device could spot glycosylated hemoglobin, for instance, which is produced when glucose combines with glycated hemoglobin, then that would be a more accurate way to diagnose diabetes than we generally do now, by looking at glucose levels alone.
The problem is that the light scattered by these biomolecules can be weak and difficult to pick up. So one of Huang's goals is to pinpoint how to boost their signal strength so that detecting them is easier and faster. One effective method is based on a technology she has invented: utilizing two-dimensional materials, which are a few atoms thin, to boost up the light-scattering spectra.
The coolest part of her research ... “I plan to integrate the whole thing into a chip that people can put on their skin to monitor their health,” Huang says. “Considering that this platform is very simple, its cost could be very low. So that would benefit a large variety of people and the broader public.”

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UC Davis Designer Receives STEM Grant From Johnson & Johnson

Apr 11, 2019 | Bioengineer.com

Melding computing, chemistry, biotech, anatomy, human behavior, electronics and design, A UC Davis design professor has caught the attention of Johnson and Johnson as one of six researchers in the country to receive from the company financial support and mentoring for her work.
The Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award provides $150,000 and three years of mentorship from Johnson & Johnson leaders. Katia Vega, an assistant professor in the Department of Design in the College of Letters and Science, and her collaborators integrate technology into wearable cosmetics. Vega’s goal is to transform the body’s surface into an interactive platform with cosmetics and beauty accessories applied directly to skin, fingernails and hair.
The award supports outstanding women researchers in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, manufacturing and design.
Launched in June 2017, the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award aims to fuel development of female STEM2D leaders and feed the STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM2D disciplines: Science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design.
“Through this Award and other programs, Johnson & Johnson is hoping to increase the participation of women in STEM2D fields worldwide,” said Cat Oyler, vice president, Global Public Health, Tuberculosis, Johnson & Johnson and WiSTEM2D university sponsor. “We want to nourish the development of women leaders building a larger pool of highly trained, female researchers so that they can lead STEM2D breakthroughs in the future.”
Human and device symbiosis
With a background in computer science, Vega brings an interdisciplinary approach to her work in “beauty technology.”
In one recent project, “The Dermal Abyss,” Vega wielded a tattoo gun to apply color-changing ink that responds to health markers present in skin. “In this way, the skin is a bio-display that reveals information that is inside the body, such as pH, sodium and glucose levels,” she said.
“Winning the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award is a significant milestone in my research career and strongly motivates me to continue my efforts in bridging the body and technology,” Vega said.
Vega’s work has also been honored by MIT Technology Review, which named her one of the Five Innovators Under 35 in Peru in 2016. CNET recognized her as one of the Top 20 Most Influential Latinos in Tech in 2017. In 2018, she earned an Interactive Innovation Award in SciFi No Longer at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference. Vega earned a doctorate in computer science at PUC-Rio in Brazil and was a postdoctoral associate at the MIT Media Lab. She joined UC Davis as an assistant professor in 2017.
“Katia’s ability to integrate art and technology is bold and brilliant,” said Elizabeth Spiller, dean of the College of Letters and Science. “One of the more than 200 new faculty recruited to the No. 1 one ranking for launching women into STEM careers and our long tradition of groundbreaking excellence in the arts. I am very pleased to congratulate her on this achievement.”

https://bioengineer.org/uc-davis-designer-receives-stem-grant-from-johnson-johnson/

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University Coverage

Professor Who Merges Technology and Design Receives STEM Grant

Apr 11, 2019 | UC Davis

By Becky Oskin

Melding computing, chemistry, biotech, anatomy, human behavior, electronics and design, A UC Davis design professor has caught the attention of Johnson & Johnson as one of six researchers in the country to receive from the company financial support and mentoring for her work.
The Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award provides $150,000 and three years of mentorship from Johnson & Johnson leaders. Katia Vega, an assistant professor in the Department of Design in the College of Letters and Science, and her collaborators integrate technology into wearable cosmetics. Vega’s goal is to transform the body’s surface into an interactive platform with cosmetics and beauty accessories applied directly to skin, fingernails and hair.Vega
The award supports outstanding women researchers in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, manufacturing and design.
Launched in June 2017, the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award aims to fuel development of female STEM2D leaders and feed the STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM2D disciplines: Science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design.
“Through this Award and other programs, Johnson & Johnson is hoping to increase the participation of women in STEM2D fields worldwide,” said Cat Oyler, vice president, Global Public Health, Tuberculosis, Johnson & Johnson and WiSTEM2D university sponsor. “We want to nourish the development of women leaders building a larger pool of highly trained, female researchers so that they can lead STEM2D breakthroughs in the future.” Human and device symbiosis
With a background in computer science, Vega brings an interdisciplinary approach to her work in “beauty technology.”
In one recent project, “The Dermal Abyss,” Vega wielded a tattoo gun to apply color-changing ink that responds to health markers present in skin. “In this way, the skin is a bio-display that reveals information that is inside the body, such as pH, sodium and glucose levels,” she said.
“Winning the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award is a significant milestone in my research career and strongly motivates me to continue my efforts in bridging the body and technology,” Vega said.
Vega’s work has also been honored by MIT Technology Review, which named her one of the Five Innovators Under 35 in Peru in 2016. CNET recognized her as one of the Top 20 Most Influential Latinos in Tech in 2017. In 2018, she earned an Interactive Innovation Award in SciFi No Longer at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference. Vega earned a doctorate in computer science at PUC-Rio in Brazil and was a postdoctoral associate at the MIT Media Lab. She joined UC Davis as an assistant professor in 2017.
“Katia’s ability to integrate art and technology is bold and brilliant,” said Elizabeth Spiller, dean of the College of Letters and Science. “One of the more than 200 new faculty recruited to the No. 1 one ranking for launching women into STEM careers and our long tradition of groundbreaking excellence in the arts. I am very pleased to congratulate her on this achievement.”

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/professor-who-merges-technology-and-design-receives-stem-grant

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Grace Gu named a Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D scholar

Apr 9, 2019 | Berkeley Engineering

Mechanical engineering professor Grace Gu is one of six 2019 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D scholars. She was honored for training a model for a smart 3-D printer that can perform predictive diagnostics to ensure optimal printing quality.
According to Gu, the aim is to create a machine that can correct mistakes on the fly, use a greater range of materials and produce everything from stronger prosthetics to tougher bike helmets much more reliably and quickly.

https://engineering.berkeley.edu/2019/04/grace-gu-named-johnson-johnson-wistem2d-scholar

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J&J Names BME Prof. Ronke Olabisi Women in STEM Scholar

Apr 10, 2019 | Rutgers School of Engineering

Today Rutgers School of Engineering’s Ronke Olabisi, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, was named a winner of the Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award, where she will receive $150,000 in funding and three years of mentorship from Johnson & Johnson toward healing burns and chronic wounds through innovative tissue engineering. The award had over 400 applications this year and Olabisi is one of six winners, each representing the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.
The grant will allow Olabisi to further her research, developing a new, innovative hydrogel that can be placed over an injury, delivering a constant supply of stem cell growth factors and insulin to speed up tissue and skin growth to heal burns, chronic wounds and long-term lesions..
“In our studies, we've seen skin healing three times faster than what’s ever been reported, and the wound healed without scarring,” Olabisi says. “I was expecting that it would go faster, but I didn't expect it would go three times as fast. If this experiment works in people with chronic wounds—some of whom have had an open wound for 30 years—it could potentially transform their lives.”
Launched in June 2017, the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award aims to fuel development of female STEM2D leaders and feed the STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM2D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.
"Through this Award and other programs, Johnson & Johnson is hoping to increase the participation of women in STEM2D fields worldwide," said Cat Oyler, Vice President, Global Public Health, Tuberculosis, Johnson & Johnson and WiSTEM2D University Sponsor. “We want to nourish the development of women leaders building a larger pool of highly-trained, female researchers so that they can lead STEM2D breakthroughs in the future.”
For more information and to submit nominations for the 2020 Awards, visit: https://www.jnj.com/wistem2d.

https://soe.rutgers.edu/story/jj-names-bme-prof-ronke-olabisi-women-stem-scholar

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Prize for the Advancement of Women's Scientific Leadership for Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky

Apr 14, 2019 | Technicion

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology > Archive > Award for fostering women's scientific leadership to Dr. Naama Geva-ZatorskyPrize for the Advancement of Women's Scientific Leadership for Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky14/04/2019
This is the first time that the prize has been awarded to an Israeli researcher
Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorski
Dr. Naama Geva-Ztorski Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion is one of 6 winners of the prize Women in STEM 2 D provided by Johnson & Johnson. The $ 150,000 prize will be awarded on April 24, 2019, at the company's global headquarters in New Jersey.
Every year, 6 women out of 400 candidates are awarded the prize, all of them young researchers who demonstrate leadership in one of the following fields: science, technology, engineering, mathematics, production and design. The prize was established in June 2017 to develop women's leadership in these fields through funding and guidance at a critical stage in the career of the winning women.
"Through the award we seek to increase women's participation in these areas worldwide," said Kat Euler, vice president at Johnson & Johnson. "We aim to nurture women leaders and create a larger pool of experienced researchers that will lead to breakthroughs in these areas in the future."
Dr. Geva-Ztorsky, who won the science prize, is investigating the microbiology - the microbial population that exists in our body - and especially the microbial effect of the digestive system on the immune cells.In her postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School she developed an original real- "This technology enables us to identify the role of each bacterium in this complex system, and the idea is that in the future we will produce these bacteria as drugs intended for various immune system disruptions, For various diseases. "
Dr. Geva-Zatorski has won numerous awards, including the UNESCO-L'Oreal Prize for Women in Science for 2012, the prestigious Alon Fellowship that assists in the absorption of young researchers in Israel, and the Horev Fellowship for leading scientists in science and technology.

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Assistant professor wins research award from Johnson & Johnson

Apr 12, 2019 | University of Colorado Boulder

Assistant Professor Rebecca Morrison has been named a winner of the Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award.
She will receive three years of mentorship and $150,000 in funding from Johnson & Johnson for her research into flexible algorithms for climate modeling. The award had more than 400 applications this year, and Morrison is one of six winners, representing the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design.
Morrison, who won in the math category, is interested in identifying flexible algorithms that can run mathematical calculations on variables like temperature, weather and rainfall more quickly and accurately as they shift over time. This will allow for more precise computational, physics-based and data-driven models of those changes so it's easier to address complex issues like climate.
“It really is an honor to receive this award, and I want to thank Johnson & Johnson for supporting women in STEM,” Morrison said. “I’m excited to learn more about how these complex models interact and see if we can’t make them faster and more streamlined, but just as reliable for predictions.”
Launched in June 2017, the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award aims to fuel development of female STEM2D leaders and feed the talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM2D disciplines.
"Through this Award and other programs, Johnson & Johnson is hoping to increase the participation of women in STEM2D fields worldwide," said Cat Oyler, vice president of global public health, tuberculosis, for Johnson & Johnson and a WiSTEM2D university sponsor. “We want to nourish the development of women leaders building a larger pool of highly trained female researchers so that they can lead STEM2D breakthroughs in the future.”
For more information and to submit nominations for the 2020 Awards, visit www.jnj.com/wistem2d.

https://www.colorado.edu/cs/2019/04/12/assistant-professor-wins-research-award-johnson-johnson

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