Diane Tober, PhD

Principal Investigator

Dr. Tober is a medical anthropologist who has conducted extensive research on numerous subjects related to family creation, including: the impact of infertility on people's lives, how single women and lesbian couples create their families through assisted reproductive technologies, sperm donor decisions and experiences, and egg donors' experiences and decisions. She also conducted research in Iran comparing perceptions and use of family planning among Afghan refugees and low income Iranians, as well as a pilot study on Iran's remunerated kidney transplant system.

Her book, Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families was published by Rutgers University Press in 2018. In addition to her current research on egg donation, she is also producing and directing documentary films on egg donation in the US and abroad. Her current research on egg donors in the United States and Spain is funded by the National Science Foundation.

Our Team in Spain

Diane Tober, PhD

Principal Investigator

Dr. Tober is a medical anthropologist who has conducted extensive research on numerous subjects related to family creation, including: the impact of infertility on people's lives, how single women and lesbian couples create their families through assisted reproductive technologies, sperm donor decisions and experiences, and egg donors' experiences and decisions. She also conducted research in Iran comparing perceptions and use of family planning among Afghan refugees and low income Iranians, as well as a pilot study on Iran's remunerated kidney transplant system.

Her book, Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families was published by Rutgers University Press in 2018. In addition to her current research on egg donation, she is also producing and directing documentary films on egg donation in the US and abroad. Her current research on egg donors in the United States and Spain is funded by the National Science Foundation.