Is a sociologist of gender, science, technology, and medicine. She uses empirical qualitative methods to describe and analyze the emergence of new medical knowledge and technologies, from the early stages of development to their integration into clinical practice and dissemination to clinicians and patients. Often referred to as “empirical ethics,” she analyzes the oft unexamined and presumptive ethics and (gendered) values within new scientific enterprises and how these impact re search trajectories, technological diffusion and commercialization, and ultimately patients consumers. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of California, San Francisco.