Karen
Jimenez,
BS
Medical Student
University of Texas at Austin
I am a fourth-year medical student at UT Austin Dell Medical School planning to pursue Obstetrics and Gynecology. I graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BS in Neuroscience and Behavior. I am currently pursuing my MA in Design focused on Health and my MD from Dell Medical School.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
BACKGROUNDInfertility is defined as the failure to become pregnant after 1 year of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse, highlighting physiological roots while omitting social drivers. Social infertility occurs “when social or relational factors, such as being single or in a same-sex relationship, limit one's ability to become pregnant”. While the American Society of Reproductive Medicine released an expanded definition of infertility in October 2023 to include those navigating social infertility, these groups continue to be excluded from most other clinical infertility definitions and…