Dr. Lina Nilsson on Female Engineers

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Lina Nilsson is a bio-chemical engineer, and was the Innovation Director for the Blum Center for Developing Economies at UC Berkeley. She wrote an Op-Ed in the NYTimes called "How to Attract Female Engineers" and in our conversation, she shares some of the letters she received in opposition to this idea. She is now Head of Market Development at Enlitic--where the goal is to help doctors make medical diagnoses better--and faster.

Listen to the full interview above, or read the edited and condensed interview in Fortune Most Powerful Women.

DR. LINA NILSSON, ENGINEER

DR. LINA NILSSON, ENGINEER