Shelly Kaller, MPH

Ms. Kaller, has been a Senior Research Associate at the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health since 2005, conducting research and evaluation for adolescent health programs. She currently directs a study at ANSIRH which aims to increase access to highly effective contraceptive methods, such as intrauterine devices and implants, among young women through provider training. Through the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, she also directs multi-method program evaluations of school-based health center services and HIV/STD prevention education in California public schools. Ms. Kaller’s experience includes program evaluation for teen pregnancy prevention programs and school wellness initiatives, data management and analysis for a randomized controlled trial on oral contraceptive initiation and discontinuation, data collection for a “mystery shopper” study on emergency contraception provision in family practice clinics, volunteer health education for San Francisco’s Women’s Community Clinic, and curriculum development and coordination of student research teams to investigate health topics in their communities.