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Alexandra Suzanne Middleton is an Assistant Professor of medical anthropology in the Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies (MeST) at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. She is affiliated with the Department of Public Health, Section of Health Services Research, and holds a joint appointment as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow co-hosted at Yale University and the University of Copenhagen.
Dr. Middleton earned her PhD in Anthropology from Princeton University (2015-2021), where she conducted ethnographic research on neuromusculoskeletal prosthesis clinical trials in Sweden. Her doctoral work examined the role of patient-subjects' domestic lives and embodied sensory knowledge in neuroprosthetic science development.
Her research integrates medical anthropology with feminist STS, critical disability studies, sensory anthropology, and critical data studies. Middleton specializes in examining everyday lived and embodied experiences of highly experimental frontier science, with particular focus on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) including uterus transplantation and stem cell-based human embryo models. She investigates the cultural politics of (m)otherhood, gender, and reproduction through ethnographic fieldwork with patients, families, clinicians, and researchers across the US, Sweden, and Denmark.
Her scholarly output demonstrates a consistent trajectory exploring the intersection of emerging biomedical technologies and human experience, particularly in neuroprosthetics and pain management. Middleton's work examines how technologies reshape bodily experiences and social relations, with special attention to datafication processes in healthcare.
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (2022)
As a researcher on Prof. Klaus Høyer's ERC Advanced Grant-funded project 'Data Space,' Middleton contributes to cross-border health data research while mentoring graduate students. Her peer review activities for BioSocieties Journal (2021-2023) demonstrate her engagement with the academic community. Her supervision framework for M.Sc. theses, which uses scientific article writing as a pedagogical tool, reflects her commitment to innovative research education.
Currently conducting ethnographic fieldwork as part of her research examining frontier assisted reproductive technologies, Middleton works at the intersection of clinical practice, patient experience, and technological innovation. Her work with the ERC-funded Data Space project positions her at the forefront of research on health data governance and its experiential dimensions.
