Dr. Paula Johnson, moderator of this panel, announces that we will explore new technologies and re-think what we
consider "natural," as far as reproduction is concerned. She proceeds to introduce four distinguished speakers.
Regine Sitruk-Ware is a reproductive endocrinologist and the executive director of product research and development at
the Population Council's Center of Biomedical Research. Her career has spanned academia and industry, and she will begin by discussing
new and emerging reproductive technologies.
Carolyn Westhoff leads a breakthrough academic division in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia
University that focuses on contraception, abortion, and preventative services. In her presentation, she will discuss the question, "What
is natural?"
Rayna Rapp is a medical anthropologist at New York University and a leader in studying the impact of new reproductive
technologies, genetic testing, and genomic medicine on women and society at large. She will discuss the use of new reproductive
technologies in a society that is characterized by inequalities.
Marcia Inborn is a medical anthropologist and director of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the
University of Michigan. In addition, she is a professor at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health specializing in Middle
Eastern gender and health issues. She will help us to understand the use and adaptation of IVF in the Muslim world.
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