Diane Tober, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
+1 510 220-1537

Medical Anthropologist. Areas of research and publication include: Family Planning; Afghan Refugees; LGBTQ Families; Sperm, Egg and Kidney Donation/Sale; Reproductive Technologies and Bioethics; Cross-border Fertility Travel; Sexuality and Gender; Critical Medical Anthropology; Reproductive Health Policy; Mixed Methods Research; Documentary Film; Iran, Middle East, Spain, US.

Publications: 

CLINICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CARE SATISFACTION AMONG ELECTIVE EGG FREEZERS.

Fertility and sterility

Diane M. Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Shannon Kokjohn, Said T. Daneshmand

ELECTIVE EGG FREEZERS’ DECISIONS AND INTENTIONS REGARDING USE OF FROZEN EGGS.

Fertility and sterility

Diane M. Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Shannon Kokjohn, Said T. Daneshmand

EVALUATING ELECTIVE EGG FREEZERS’ PHYSICAL EXPERIENCES, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND POST-TREATMENT SATISFACTION: A MIXED METHODS STUDY.

Fertility and sterility

Diane M. Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Shannon Kokjohn, Said T. Daneshmand

Egg donor self-reports of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: severity by trigger type, oocytes retrieved, and prior history.

Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics

Tober DM, Richter K, Zubizarreta D, Daneshmand S

P-565 Egg donor perceptions of anonymity and ancestry testing in the United States and Spain.

Human Reproduction

D Tober, M I Jociles Rubio, N Konvalinka, S Simms

Eggonomics: Vitrification and bioeconomies of egg donation in the United States and Spain.

Medical anthropology quarterly

Tober D, Pavone V, Lafuente-Funes S, Konvalinka N

OUTCOMES OF DONOR OOCYTE RETRIEVALS FOR RECIPIENT IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF) PATIENTS ARE UNAFFECTED BY COVID-19 VACCINATION.

Fertility and sterility

Said Daneshmand, Kevin S. Richter, Reeanne Medrud, Katie Diaz, Jazmin Lara Rio, Diane M. Tober, Shannon Kokjohn

ATTITUDES AMONG OOCYTE DONORS REGARDING POTENTIAL OPTION FOR CONCURRENT FERTILITY PRESERVATION.

Fertility and sterility

Diane Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Katarina L. Cook, Hui Zou, Shannon Kokjohn, Said Daneshmand

ATTITUDES AMONG OOCYTE DONORS TOWARD A DONOR REGISTRY.

Fertility and sterility

Diane Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Katarina L. Cook, Shannon Kokjohn, Said Daneshmand, Hui Zou

OOCYTE DONORS’ EXPERIENCES AND SATISFACTION WITH POST-DONATION RELATIONSHIPS WITH RELATIVES, FRIENDS, AND PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN OOCYTE RECIPIENTS.

Fertility and sterility

Diane Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Katarina L. Cook, Hui Zou, Shannon Kokjohn, Said Daneshmand

PReferences AMONG OOCYTE DONORS FOR ANONYMOUS VERSUS NON-ANONYMOUS DONATION.

Fertility and sterility

Diane Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Katarina L. Cook, Shannon Kokjohn, Said Daneshmand

VALUE OF PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING FOR ANEUPLOIDY (PGT-A) IN THE CONTEXT OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF) USING DONOR OOCYTES.

Fertility and sterility

Said Daneshmand, Kevin S. Richter, Rebecca Gu, Danielle Miller, Diane Tober, Michelle P. Lin, Jazmin Lara Rio, Ruchi Agashe, Josie Lynn Deland, Shannon Kokjohn

Emotion, embodiment, and reproductive colonialism in the global human egg trade.

Gender Work and Organization

Diane Tober, Charlotte Kroløkke

Emotion, Embodiment, and Reproductive Colonialism in the Global Human Egg Trade

Gender, Work and Organization

Diane Tober and Charlotte Kroløkke

Fertility and Sterility

Subjective psychological factors associated with egg donors undergoing additional donations after their first donation cycle

Diane Tober, PhD, Kevin S. Richter, PhD, Shannon Kokjohn, MSc, Dougie Zubizarreta, BA, Katarina Cook, BS, Said Daneshmand, MD

Sociology of Health and Illness

Review: C. Kroløkke, Global Fluids: The Cultural Politics of Reproductive Waste and Value.

Diane Tober

The Oocyte Economy: The Changing Meaning of Human Eggs.

Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

Diane Tober

Alignment between expectations and experiences of egg donors: what does it mean to be informed?

Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online

Diane Tober, Christina Garibaldi, Alden Blair, Kimberly Baltzell

CLINICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EGG DONORS UNDERGOING ADDITIONAL OOCYTE DONATIONS AFTER THEIR FIRST DONOR CYCLE.

Fertility and sterility

Diane Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Shannon Kokjohn, Natalia Villegas, Katarina Cook, Raquel Cool, Kezia Mostak, Cristina Garibaldi, Cris Zubizarreta, Said Daneshmand

EGG DONOR PERCEPTIONS OF LONG-TERM ADVERSE OUTCOMES.

Fertility and sterility

Diane Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Cristina Garibaldi, Kezia Mostak, Natalia Villegas, Cris Zubizarreta, Raquel Cool, Katarina Cook, Shannon Kokjohn, Said Daneshmand

FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME (OHSS) AMONG OOCYTE DONORS ACCORDING TO TRIGGER TYPE AND NUMBER OF OOCYTES RETRIEVED.

Fertility and sterility

Diane Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Cristina Garibaldi, Kezia Mostak, Shannon Kokjohn, Raquel Cool, Cris Zubizarreta, Natalia Villegas, Katarina Cook, Said Daneshmand

Fertility and Sterility

Egg donor perceptions of long-term adverse outcomes

Diane Tober, PhD, Kevin S. Richter, PhD, Cristina Garibaldi, MS, Kezia Mostak, MS, Natalia Villegas, BS, Dougie Zubizarreta, BA, Raquel Cool, BA, Katarina Cook, BS, Shannon Kokjohn, MSc, Said Daneshmand, MD

Fertility and Sterility

Frequency and Severity of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) Among Oocyte Donors According to Trigger Type and Number of Eggs Retrieved

Diane Tober, PhD, Kevin S. Richter, PhD, Cristina Garibaldi, MS, Kezia Mostak, MSShannon Kokjohn, MSc, Raquel Cool, BA, Dougie Zubizarreta, BA, Natalia Villegas, BS, Katarina Cook, BS, Said Daneshmand, MD

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PRE-TREATMENT PREDICTORS OF EGG DONORS WHO WILL UNDERGO ADDITIONAL OOCYTE DONATIONS AFTER THEIR FIRST.

Fertility and sterility

Diane Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Shannon Kokjohn, Natalia Villegas, Cris Zubizarreta, Cristina Garibaldi, Kezia Mostak, Katarina Cook, Raquel Cool, Said Daneshmand

SUBJECTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EGG DONORS UNDERGOING ADDITIONAL DONATIONS AFTER THEIR FIRST OOCYTE DONOR CYCLE.

Fertility and sterility

Diane Tober, Kevin S. Richter, Shannon Kokjohn, Christina M. Garibaldi, Raquel Cool, Kezia Mostak, Natalia Villegas, Cris Zubizarreta, Katarina Cook, Said Daneshmand

Social Forces

Review of “Between Families and Frankenstein: The Politics of Egg Donation in the United States”

Diane Tober

Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families

Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families

Diane Tober

Evaluating the capacity of California's publicly funded universities to provide medication abortion.

Contraception

Raifman S, Anderson P, Kaller S, Tober D, Grossman D

Introduction: Why Islam, Health and the Body?.

Body & Society

Diane M. Tober, Debra Budiani

Parents’ conceptualization of their frozen embryos complicates the disposition decision.

Fertility and sterility

Robert Nachtigall, Gay Becker, Diane Tober, Carrie Friese, Anneliese Butler

Parents' Conceptualization of their Frozen Embryos

Fertility and sterility

Nachtigall R, Becker G, Tober D, Friese C, Butler A.