Meet Our Speaker

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

University of California 

San Francisco, CA

Lauri Pasch, PhD (she/her) is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California San Francisco and a clinical health psychologist with 30 years of experience conducting research on psychological aspects of reproductive medicine. She directs psychological services at the UCSF Center for Reproductive Health, where she conducts preparatory counseling with parents and donors with the goal of fostering openness and positive family development. She has a long track record of NIH-funded research in reproductive medicine and is currently engaged in research on improving education and support resources for families from gamete donation, with a particular focus on the needs of donor-conceived people. She was a Director-at-Large on ASRM Board of Directors, an inaugural member of the Advisory Board to the ASRM Research Institute, and a current Associate editor for Human Reproduction Open, and an editorial board member for Fertility and Sterility.