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Manon Lefèvre is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. She holds a PhD in Anthropology of Science and Medicine from Yale University (2024).
Her educational background:
- PhD in Anthropology of Science and Medicine, Yale University (2024)
Dr. Lefèvre's research bridges medical anthropology and science and technology studies, employing ethnographic methods to investigate cultural dimensions of biomedicine with specialized focus on reproductive medicine and genetics. Her book project "Embryo Cultures: Re/producing Life in the IVF Lab" examines how human embryos acquire multiple social meanings—as reproductive cells, potential life, unborn children, private property, and medical waste—within IVF laboratories, particularly in the context of post-Roe v. Wade legislation that threatens infertility medicine.
Her fieldwork conducted in northeastern U.S. IVF clinics during 2022-2023 reveals how embryologists navigate tensions between these divergent meanings while managing embryos, highlighting conflicts between professional stewardship practices and evolving legal frameworks that increasingly treat embryos as legally protected persons.
