For the past several years all of my research has been related to infertility and assisted reproductive technologies. My collaborator is Dr. Anjani Chandra of the National Center for Health Statistics. We have been examining the correlates of infertility in the United States, the trends in rates over time, the use of infertility services, and the difficulty in measuring infertility.

Some of our representative articles:

Stephen, Elizabeth Hervey and Anjani Chandra. 2006. "Declining Estimates of Infertility in the United States: 1982-2002." Fertil Steril 86(5): 16-23.

Stephen, Elizabeth Hervey and Anjani Chandra. 2000. "Use of Infertility Services in the United States: 1995." Family Planning Perspectives 32(2): 132-137.

Stephen, Elizabeth Hervey and Anjani Chandra. 1998. "Updated Projections of Infertility in the United States: 1995 to 2025." Fertility and Sterility 70(1): 30-34.

Chandra, Anjani and Elizabeth Hervey Stephen. 1998. "Impaired Fecundity in the United States: 1982-95." Family Planning Perspectives 30(1): 34-42.

Photo Courtesy of: www.meritcare.com/specialties/ birthcenter/