Principal investigator: Germaine M. Buck Louis, Ph.D., M.S.
Although several studies have a found an association between stress and infertility, it remains unclear whether stress causes fertility problems or fertility problems cause stress. Recently, the Branch collaborated with colleagues from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom to examine this issue in a prospective fashion. More than 400 women who participated in the Oxford Conception Study, a randomized clinical trial designed to assess whether daily feedback from a digital fertility monitor increased the conception rate among women desiring pregnancy, completed a supplementary protocol to assess their physiologic and perceived stress as they tried to conceive.
DESPR Collaborators
· Enrique F. Schisterman, Ph.D.
· Rajeshwari Sundaram, Ph.D.
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