 Renée Fox’s major teaching and research interests – sociology of medicine, medical research, medical education, and medical ethics – have involved her in first-hand, participant observation-based studies in Continental Europe (particularly in Belgium), in Central Africa (especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo), and in the People’s Republic of China, as well as in the United States.She has lectured in colleges, universities, and medical schools throughout the United States, and has taught in a number of universities abroad.Renée Claire Fox was born on February 15, 1928 in New York City to parents Fred Fox and Henrietta and has two younger siblings, a brother, Howard, and a sister, Rosa.