Rene Almeling

Rene Almeling, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, History of Medicine, American Studies, and Public Health (Health Policy)
Expertise: Gender, health, and medicine; egg donation and sperm donation; men's reproductive health; egg freezing
Field: Health & Medicine

I am a sociologist at Yale University who specializes in research on gender and medicine. I am the author of Sex Cells, an award-winning book that offers an inside look at the American market for egg donors and sperm donors. Currently, I am writing a new book, Guynecology‚ on the history of medical knowledge-making about men’s reproduction and its consequences for individual men. I have also conducted two original surveys, the first on Americans’ attitudes toward genetic risk (with Shana Gadarian) and the other on women’s bodily experiences of IVF.

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Contact Info

rene.almeling@yale.edu

203-432-3340