Christine Allen, MS, has joined Fertility Answers as IVF Lab Director. A native of Brazil, Christine will complete her PhD studies at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Department of Toxicology, Brazil, in August 2017. After earning her Masters degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, Allen received advanced training in Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis at the Reproductive Genetic Institute in Chicago. She is an American Association of Bioanalysts board-certified embryologist and andrologist.
Most recently, Allen served as the Scientific and Technical Laboratory Director of Sperm and Oocyte Banks at California Cryobank. She still serves as the Clinical Director for Elite IVF, a world-wide egg donation agency, and is responsible for improvements in quality control and pregnancy rates for numerous labs throughout the world.
Fluent in several languages, Allen has authored studies published in many scientific publications and continues to contribute to scientific knowledge on the cryopreservation of gametes and embryos. At Fertility Answers, Allen will direct laboratory staff and protocol of its Baton Rouge and Lafayette in vitro fertilization and assisted reproduction technologies programs.