Other Research Presentations

Paper Presentations

Riddle, M.P.  The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Conceptualizing Reproductive Loss in Gestational Surrogacy.  7th Annual Conference on Medicine and Religion, St. Louis, MO, April, 2018.

Riddle, M.P.  An Investigation Into the Psychological Well-Being of the Biological Children of Surrogates.  Fertility and Sterility, 104(3), e42.  71st Annual Meeting of The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).  Baltimore, MD,  October, 2015.

Applegarth, L., Riddle, M.P.  What Do We Know and What Can We Learn from Families Created Through Egg Donation?  Research presentation and panel discussion at the annual conference of IPTAR (Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research), October, 2006 (NYC).

Applegarth, L.D., Riddle, M.P., Amoroso, K., Josephs, L., Grill, E., Cholst, I.  Families Created by Ovum Donation:  Preliminary Data on Parents’ Thoughts and Feelings About the Donation Experience and Disclosure.  Fertility and Sterility, 86 (Suppler. 2), S56-57.  62nd Annual Meeting of The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). New Orleans, LA, October, 2006.

Riddle, M.P., Applegarth, L., Josephs, L., Grill, E., Cholst, I., Rosenwaks, Z.  Psychological Characteristics of Egg Donors:  MMPI-2 Profiles of 436 Anonymous Oocyte Donor Candidates.  Fertility and Sterility, 80, p. 50.  59th Annual  Meeting of The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).  San Antonio, TX,  October, 2003.  (**Awarded the Prize Paper for the Mental Health Professional Group).

Riddle, M.P., Applegarth, L., Josephs, L., Grill, E., Cholst, I., Rosenwaks, Z.  Psychological Characteristics of Sister Oocyte Donor Candidates:  A Comparison Against Anonymous Donor Candidates Using the MMPI-2.  Fertility and Sterility, 82(2), S100.  60th Annual Meeting of The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).  Philadelphia, PA, October, 2004.

Schulz, C.J., Riddle, M.P., Sklar, C., Abramson, D., Valdimarsdottier, H.  Impact of Informing Participants of Study Results on Risk of Second Cancers in Survivors of Retinoblastoma.  6th International’s Conference of Long-Term Complications of Children and Adolescents for Cancer.  Ontario, Canada, June, 2000.

Poster Presentations

Riddle, M.P., Michaud, S.C., Redden, Q.D., Pozza, O.R., Scanlan, B.L.  The psychological impact of surrogacy on the families of gestational carriers:  Implications for clinical practice.  Fertility and Sterility, 112(3), e378-e379.  American Society for Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress and Expo.  Philadelphia, PA, October, 2019.  ** Prize Winning Poster

American Society for Reproductive Medicine. (2019, October 16th).  Children of Gestational Carriers Express Positive Feelings about the Experience, Pride in there Mothers’ Efforts to Help Others. [Press Release].

Riddle, M.P., Jenkins, S.R.  Consideration of multi-method approach to the psychological evaluation of gestational surrogates.  Human Reproduction, 10(Suppl.), i369.  Annual Meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).  Vienna, Austria, June, 2019.

Riddle, M.P., Jenkins, S.R.  The use of narrative assessment in the psychological assessment of gestational surrogates.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment.  New Orleans, LA,  March, 2019.

Riddle, M.P.  Implications of the religious/spiritual beliefs and practices among commercial gestational carriers in the United States for international surrogacy arrangements.  Human Reproduction, Vol. 33 (Suppl. 1), i390-391.  Annual Meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).  Barcelona, Spain, July, 2018.

Riddle, M.P.  A characterization of gestational carriers using the Thematic Apperception Test.  Fertility and Sterility, 108(3), e304.  American Society for Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress and Expo.  San Antonio, TX, October, 2017.

Riddle, M.P.  The role of religion and spirituality in conceptualizing reproductive loss in gestational surrogacy.  Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 34(10), p.1396.  Annual Conference in Translational Reproductive Biology and Clinical Reproductive Endocrinology (FRM).  NY, NY, November, 2017.

Riddle, M.P., Schulz, C.J., Valdimarsdottir, H., Sklar, C., Abramson, D.  Perception of risk and its relationship to psychological distress in survivors of retinoblastoma.  Annual Meeting of The Society for Behavioral Medicine.  Nashville, TN, April, 2000.

 © Mary Riddle 2014