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My research focus is ethical issues at the intersection of medicine, reproduction and gender. My work addresses socially and morally complex issues in women’s health and reproductive medicine, with a focus on how people assign meaning to reproductive events, as well as how integrate these views into health policy. Trained in obstetrics/gynecology and bioethics, my approach is interdisciplinary. I co-founded the Obstetrics and Gynecology Risk Research Group, which brought together experts from medical epidemiology, anthropology, obstetrics and gynecology, philosophy, bioethics, gender theory and medical humanities for research on how risk is assessed and managed in the context of pregnancy. I also founded the Second Wave Initiative, an effort to ensure that the health interests of pregnant people are fairly represented in biomedical research and drug and device policies. I have led several NIH- and Wellcome Trust funded projects addressing the ethics of research engaging pregnant persons (PHASES project, hivpregnancyethics.org) and pregnant adolescents (PREPARE). I have addressed a range of topics in reproductive medicine, including stem cell research and frozen embryo disposition, miscarriage, maternal-fetal surgery, vaginal birth after cesarean, conscience in the provision of reproductive care, and others. I am the author of A Good Birth (Penguin Group/USA), based on findings of the Good Birth Project, describing what constitutes a “good birth” from the perspectives of childbearing women.
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CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Global Health, Health Equity, Women's Health |