Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Contact Details
Email: a.geampana@aston.ac.uk
Telephone Number: +44 (0) 121 204 4246
Biography
I am a medical sociologist interested in new and emerging health technologies, with a specific focus on user perspectives, gender, risk, clinical trials and organisational practices. My work has covered topics such as: contraception, drug risk/benefit assessment, assisted reproduction, the production of evidence in the IVF sector and the commercialisation of reproductive care. I completed my doctoral studies at McGill University in 2018 and shortly thereafter started working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Queen Mary University of London, investigating the use of imaging technologies in IVF. I joined Aston University as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Sociology of Health in June 2020 and remain affiliated with Queen Mary University of London as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow.
Research Interests
- Sociology of Health and Illness
- Science and Technology Studies
- Risk and Uncertainty
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Sociology of Reproduction
- Gender and Health
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, McGill University
BA, York University Canada
External positions
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics where Alina Geampana is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 1 Similar Profiles
Research output
- 5 Article
-
Enacting evidence‐based medicine in fertility care: Tensions between commercialisation and knowledge standardisation
Perrotta, M. & Geampana, A., 26 Sep 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sociology of health and illness.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
The trouble with IVF and randomised control trials: Professional legitimation narratives on time-lapse imaging and evidence-informed care
Perrotta, M. & Geampana, A., 1 Aug 2020, In: Social science and medicine. 258, 113115.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Risky Technologies: Systemic Uncertainty in Contraceptive Risk Assessment and Management
Geampana, A., 13 Nov 2019, In: Science, Technology, & Human Values. 44, 6, p. 1116-1138Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
“One Blood Clot Is One Too Many”: Affected Vocal Users’ Negative Perspectives on Controversial Oral Contraceptives
Geampana, A., 1 Aug 2019, In: Qualitative Health Research. 29, 10, p. 1519-1530Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Pregnancy is more dangerous than the pill: A critical analysis of professional responses to the Yaz/Yasmin controversy
Geampana, A., Oct 2016, In: Social science and medicine. 166, p. 9-16Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review