The title of her project is "Assisted Reproduction and Child Health: Risk of Birth Defects, Mortality, and Effect on Grade School Performance." Her project began late September of 2016 and will continue on until May 30th of 2021.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the risk of mortality, birth defects, and effect on grade school performance among children conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF, the process by which an oocyte is fertilized by semen outside the body) and assisted reproductive technology (ART, all infertility treatments to achieve conception), their siblings, and non-IVF controls. This is the first time children conceived with IVF have been tracked through school age in the United States.