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Anna Lee

Co-Founder + Head of Engineering, Lioness

Anna is the co-founder and Head of Engineering at Lioness, a sexual wellness company dedicated to championing female sexual pleasure and health. A mechanical engineer by training, Anna and her team have built the first smart vibrator that helps improve pleasure and orgasms through biofeedback data. The Lioness vibrator includes AI-assisted guidance based on data from more than 50,000 orgasms and numerous user studies.

Before Lioness, Anna worked at Amazon’s concept engineer team, and helped launch the Kindle Voyage and Dash Button. She was listed as a Forbes 30 Under 30 and Paper Magazine’s Asian Women Creators You Need to Know.

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Day I
June 1, 2022
5:30 pm

RoundTable: The Gender Data Gap

The Gender Data Gap persists at every echelon of healthcare from trials to treatment. Some examples? 70% of the people affected by chronic pain conditions are women – but 80% of research into pain is conducted on male humans or rodents. Despite being the leading cause of mortality in women, diagnosis of heart disease and models of clinical care draw heavily on previous research conducted only with men. The vaginal microbiome is another example. It is associated with the risk for STIs, Pelvic inflammatory disease, Fertility issues or failed IVF cycles, Pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal problems, and preeclampsia and much more. And yet, though lots of resources have been invested in understanding other human microbiomes like gut or skin microbiomes, when it comes to the vagina, the microbiome has been overlooked.
Priyanka JainAnna LeeDr. Yana AznavourEric Dy
1 June
Time:  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location:  The Gender Data Gap persists at every echelon of healthcare from trials to treatment. Some examples? 70% of the people affected by chronic pain conditions are women – but 80% of research into pain is conducted on male humans or rodents. Despite being the leading cause of mortality in women, diagnosis of heart disease and models of clinical care draw heavily on previous research conducted only with men. The vaginal microbiome is another example. It is associated with the risk for STIs, Pelvic inflammatory disease, Fertility issues or failed IVF cycles, Pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal problems, and preeclampsia and much more. And yet, though lots of resources have been invested in understanding other human microbiomes like gut or skin microbiomes, when it comes to the vagina, the microbiome has been overlooked.
Speaker:  Priyanka JainAnna LeeDr. Yana AznavourEric Dy