Karin Hammarberg

Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine karin.hammarberg@monash.edu

Core expertise

Psychosocial aspects of infertility and infertility treatment
Infertility care in resource-constrained settings
Parenting of children with disabilities.

Biography

Karin is a Registered Nurse with 20 years of experience as clinical co-ordinator of IVF programs. Her PhD research examined the experience of birth and mothering after assisted conception. Karin's main research interests are fertility and preconception health promotion; the psychosocial aspects of infertility and infertility treatment; health and development of children born as a result of assisted conception; infertility care in resource-constrained settings, and women's health in midlife.

articles

What are ‘Ozempic babies’? Can the drug really increase your chance of pregnancy?

Some women who use drugs like Ozempic have reported unexpected pregnancies. What’s going on?

Medicine and health

Male infertility is more common than you may think. Here are five ways to protect your sperm

With sperm counts declining worldwide, it’s important men know how to keep their sperm as healthy as possible.

Medicine and health

It’s hard to find a surrogate in Australia, but heading overseas comes with risks

Children born through international surrogacy aren’t protected by Australian laws, because they’re born overseas. New research shows this can increase the physical and psychological risks to the child.

Medicine and health

A fertility doctor or reproductive endocrinologist with man and women holding hand together in therapy consult session of inability to pregnant.

Egg freezing: It’s more like a lottery than an insurance policy

Some IVF clinics promise much when it comes to egg freezing, but in reality your chances come down to three key numbers – your age, the number of eggs collected, and your budget.

Medicine and health

Pregnancy after 35: Hope versus reality

While most women who try for a baby will succeed, some won’t, and some will have fewer children than they had planned or hoped for.

Medicine and health

Double trouble: How severe COVID restrictions have hit population mental health

Research shows last year’s lockdowns in Victoria were associated with near double the population prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Medicine and health