What is Femtech and how are you using it everyday? w/ Special Guest Brittany Barreto, Ph.D.

On today’s episode, we chat with Dr. Brittany Barreto on FEM Tech Focus

Dr. Brittany Barreto is a scientist and entrepreneur turned investor. She thrives on activism, primarily for underrepresented people, and she is passionate about science.

According to Dr. Brittany, historically and systemically, females have been excluded from medicine, healthcare research, and innovation. The backdrop to medicine is male-based, and women suffer the consequences because we are not little men. Our brains are different, and our hearts are different. We cannot just make drugs, devices, and solutions for males and expect them to be great for women.

Many people think that FEM tech is about applications related to women’s health. FEM tech is products, solutions, and services that address conditions that solely disproportionately or differently affect women and girls. Unfortunately, getting into a FEM tech business is difficult because when it comes to raising money, people are not always willing to invest in this industry.

Another challenge in the FEM tech industry is the policies that we have. Most of these bills do not come from an informed point of reference. There is a massive disconnect between them and how the woman biology works. We end up having bills that do not address our concerns as women.

According to Dr. Brittany, there are over 1000 FEM Tech start-ups worldwide. 50% of them work in four categories. They work on menstruation, maternal health, fertility, and sexual wellness. We are also seeing people go into pelvic floor health, breastfeeding solutions, breast health, and autoimmune diseases that affect women. Dr. Brittany wishes to see more innovations around heart health and pubic hair.

When it comes to research and data, we all get scared because we have seen people selling our data. For instance, look at Facebook and other applications we have out there. People are making money from our data. Dr. Brittany thinks the solution to this data issue lies in blockchain and having women get paid for their data.

Listen in to hear more.

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Learn More about Brittany Barreto:

Website: https://drbrittanybarreto.com/

Fem Tech Focus: https://femtechfocus.org/

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