Dr. Marcia C. Inhorn
Marcia C. Inhorn, PhD, MPH, is the William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at Yale University. A medical anthropologist specializing in gender, religion, and reproductive health issues, Inhorn has conducted research on the social impact of infertility and assisted reproductive technologies over the past 35 years. She is the author of seven books on the subject. Her latest book, Motherhood on Ice: The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs (NYU Press, 2023), is based on a US National Science Foundation study of 150 American women who undertook egg freezing to preserve their fertility, primarily due to reproductive partnership problems.