Laura
Long
University of Texas at Austin
Laura is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin's Masters of Design in Health program where she used design to study and alleviate healthcare challenges. She previously earned her Bachelors of Health Science from the University of Florida and has experience working within community medicine and cancer genetics. She is eager to co-create with individuals and communities to strengthen and improve our experiences within healthcare systems.
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…