Shelly Kaller | Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health

senior research associate

M_ObGyn-Bixby-ZSFG

+1 415 353-4775

Shelly is a Project Director at ANSIRH, managing research studies focused on access to sexual and reproductive health care. She currently directs studies that aim to expand access to medication abortion including a national mixed-methods study on people’s interest in alternative models of medication abortion provision, a self-selection study for over-the-counter medication abortion, and a retrospective case-control study to understand the risk of ectopic pregnancy among people seeking abortion. In addition, Shelly is a member of ANSIRH’s Abortion Facility Database committee. Shelly is also dedicated to improving equity and diversity at ANSIRH, leading efforts through the Culture and Inclusion working group to foster belonging, safety, and community-building among its members. Shelly’s previous experience includes research on factors influencing people’s contraceptive choices and evaluation of adolescent school health programs.

Publications

Not actively dying: An inductive categorization of obstetric cases negatively affected by post-Dobbs abortion bans.

Contraception

Kimport K, Kaller S

No-Test Screening Protocols May Disproportionately Exclude Structurally Oppressed Communities Who Could Benefit from Accessing Medication Abortion.

Health equity

Biggs MA, Ralph L, Ehrenreich K, Kaller S, Blanchard K, Hauser D, Kapp N, Kromenaker T, Moayedi G, Perritt J, Raymond E, White K, Grossman D

Attitudes regarding the safety of in-clinic and self-managed abortion methods among the US general public in early 2022.

Culture, health & sexuality

Schroeder R, Ralph L, Kaller S, Biggs MA

Accuracy of Survey-Based Assessment of Eligibility for Medication Abortion Compared to Clinician Assessment.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Ralph LJ, Ehrenreich K, Kaller S, Gurazada T, Biggs MA, Blanchard K, Hauser D, Kapp N, Kromenaker T, Moayedi G, Pinckney Gil J, Perritt JB, Raymond E, Taylor D, White K, Valladares ES, Williams S, Grossman D

Changes in Support for Advance Provision and Over-the-Counter Access to Medication Abortion.

JAMA network open

Biggs MA, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Grossman D, Scott KA, Ralph LJ

Catastrophic Health Expenditures for In-State and Out-of-State Abortion Care.

JAMA network open

Wasser O, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Biggs MA

Changes in Availability of Later Abortion Care Before and After Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Berglas NF, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Stewart C, Upadhyay UD

The Association of Experiences of Medical Mistrust and Mistreatment and Ever Considering Self-Managing an Abortion.

Contraception

Adler A, Antonia Biggs M, Kaller S, Schroeder R, Prata N, Scott K, Ralph L

Pricing of medication abortion in the United States, 2021-2023.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Upadhyay UD, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Stewart C, Berglas NF

Self-Managed Abortion Attempts Before vs After Changes in Federal Abortion Protections in the US.

JAMA network open

Ralph L, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Grossman D, Biggs MA

Experiences of delay-causing obstacles and mental health at the time of abortion seeking.

Contraception: X

Wasser O, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Biggs MA

Abortion pills on TV: An exploratory study of the associations between abortion plotline viewership and beliefs regarding in-clinic and self-managed medication abortion.

Contraception

Herold S, Morris N, Biggs MA, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Sisson G

Support for criminalization of self-managed abortion (SMA): A national representative survey.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Biggs MA, Becker A, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Scott K, Grossman D, Raifman S, Ralph L

Access to Reproductive Health Services Among People With Disabilities.

JAMA network open

Biggs MA, Schroeder R, Casebolt MT, Laureano BI, Wilson-Beattie RL, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Adler A, Gichane MW

Awareness of medication abortion among a nationally representative U.S. sample, 2021-2022.

Contraception

Kaller S, Upadhyay UD, Ralph LJ, Schroeder R, Biggs MA

Changes in the Frequency and Type of Barriers to Reproductive Health Care Between 2017 and 2021.

JAMA network open

Adler A, Biggs MA, Kaller S, Schroeder R, Ralph L

Abortion terminology preferences: a cross-sectional survey of people accessing abortion care.

BMC women's health

Kaller S, Ralph L, Wingo E, Biggs MA

Reasons for Having Unprotected Sex Among Adolescents and Young Adults Accessing Reproductive Health Services.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Nathan SF, Berglas NF, Kaller S, Mays A, Biggs MA

Unwanted abortion disclosure and social support in the abortion decision and mental health symptoms: A cross-sectional survey.

Contraception

Biggs MA, Driver M, Kaller S, Ralph LJ

A cross-sectional study examining consideration of self-managed abortion among people seeking facility-based care in the United States.

Reproductive health

Ralph L, Ehrenreich K, Kaller S, Biggs MA

"No Big Deal": A Qualitative Study of Pharmacists' Perspectives on Dispensing Mifepristone for Medication Abortion.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Kaller S, Ma M, Gurazada T, Baba CF, Rafie S, Raine-Bennett T, Averbach S, Chen M, Berry E, Meckstroth KR, Grossman D

Trends In Self-Pay Charges And Insurance Acceptance For Abortion In The United States, 2017-20.

Health affairs (Project Hope)

Upadhyay UD, Ahlbach C, Kaller S, Cook C, Muñoz I

Abortion service availability during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a national census of abortion facilities in the U.S.

Contraception: X

Kaller S, Muñoz MGI, Sharma S, Tayel S, Ahlbach C, Cook C, Upadhyay UD

Pharmacists' knowledge, perspectives, and experiences with mifepristone dispensing for medication abortion.

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA

Kaller S, Morris N, Biggs MA, Baba CF, Rafie S, Raine-Bennett TR, Creinin MD, Berry E, Micks EA, Meckstroth KR, Averbach S, Grossman D

Pre-Abortion Informed Consent Through Telemedicine vs. in Person: Differences in Patient Demographics and Visit Satisfaction.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Kaller S, Daniel S, Raifman S, Biggs MA, Grossman D

The Fine Line Between Informing and Coercing: Community Health Center Clinicians' Approaches to Counseling Young People About IUDs.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Biggs MA, Tome L, Mays A, Kaller S, Harper CC, Freedman L

Provider Practices and Young Women's Experiences with Provider Self-disclosure during Emergency Contraceptive Visits.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Cheeks M, Kaller S, Mays A, Biggs MA

Exploring young women's reasons for adopting intrauterine or oral emergency contraception in the United States: a qualitative study.

BMC women's health

Kaller S, Mays A, Freedman L, Harper CC, Biggs MA

Role

Staff