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Rosalyn Schroeder, MPH, MSc

Senior Project Manager

Rosalyn Schroeder, MPH, MSc, is a Senior Project Manager working on a wide variety of collaborative research projects across UCSF’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH). Her current work focuses on examining changes in public attitudes regarding the safety of abortion before and after 2022’s Dobbs decision, examines pregnant people’s barriers to abortion care, and explores concerns about the criminalization of abortion, including self-managed abortion. She also often partners with media outlets (e.g. the New York Times) and other external researchers to provide data on the changing landscape of abortion facilities across the U.S. Rosalyn has extensive experience in data analysis, project management, mixed-method study design, and scientific writing. 

Prior to joining ANSIRH, Rosalyn worked for the UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health where she acted as the research and evaluation manager for a series of longitudinal studies focused on improving reproductive health access at community colleges, school-based health centers, and in rural and low-resource settings across the U.S. Rosalyn began her career in global public health with stints at the CDC in Atlanta in the Divisions of Demography and Reproductive Health, the Carter Center in Liberia researching post-conflict sexual violence support and mental health care, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in New York City working on international midwifery care. 

Rosalyn received her MPH in Global Epidemiology from Emory University, an MSc in Demography and Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and BAs in Anthropology, Psychology, and Biology from the University of Louisville.

For a full list of Rosalyn Schroeder's publications, awards, and presentations, click here.

Citations
  • Kimport K, Schroeder R, Rocca CH. Caller Volume and Gestational Length at an Abortion Fund After Dobbs. Jama Network Open. December 2025; https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.46508.
  • Biggs MA, Baba F, Ralph LJ, Schroeder R, McNicholas C, Miller AH, Grossman D. Psychosocial burden when accessing medication abortion when using no-test telehealth care compared to in-person care with ultrasound. Contraception. March 2025; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2025.110894.
  • Schroeder R, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Biggs MA. Attitudes regarding the safety of in-clinic and self-managed abortion methods among the US general public in early 2022. Culture Health & Sexuality. February 2025; https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2025.2469274.
  • Biggs MA, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Grossman D, Scott KA, Ralph LJ. Changes in Support for Advance Provision and Over-the-Counter Access to Medication Abortion. Jama Network Open. January 2025; https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54767.
  • Schroeder R, Freedman LR, Becker A, Chris Ahlbach, Biggs MA. Imagining Coat-Hangers and Pills: A Qualitative Exploration of Abortion Beliefs and Attitudes in Hostile Policy Contexts in the United States. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. January 2025; https://doi.org/10.1111/psrh.12289.
  • Berglas NF, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Clare Stewart, Upadhyay UD. Changes in Availability of Later Abortion Care Before and After Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Obstetrics & Gynecology. October 2024; https://doi.org/ 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005772.
  • Adler A, Biggs MA, Kaller S, Schroeder R, Prata N, Scott KA, Ralph LJ. The association of experiences of medical mistrust and mistreatment and ever considering self-managing an abortion. Contraception. August 2024; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2024.110697.
  • Ralph LJ, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Grossman D, Biggs MA. Self-Managed Abortion Attempts Before vs After Changes in Federal Abortion Protections in the US. Jama Network Open. July 2024; https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.24310.
  • Upadhyay UD, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Clare Stewart, Berglas NF. Pricing of medication abortion in the United States, 2021–2023. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. July 2024; https://doi.org/10.1111/psrh.12280.
  • Becker A, Biggs MA, Chris Ahlbach, Schroeder R, Freedman LR. Medicalization as a social good? Lay perceptions about self-managed abortion, legality, and criminality. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. May 2024; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100444.
  • Herold S, Natalie Morris, MPH, Biggs MA, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Sisson G. 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. February 2024; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2024.110416.
  • Herold S, Becker A, Schroeder R, Sisson G. Exposure to Lived Representations of Abortion in Popular Television Program Plotlines on Abortion-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Support: An Exploratory Study. Sex Roles. January 2024; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-024-01448-3.
  • Biggs MA, Becker A, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Scott KA, Grossman D, Raifman S, Ralph LJ. Support for criminalization of self-managed abortion (SMA): A national representative survey. Social Science & Medicine. December 2023; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116433.
  • Biggs MA, Schroeder R, Casebolt TM, Laureano BI, Wilson-Beattie RL, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Adler A, Gichane MW. Access to Reproductive Health Services Among People With Disabilities. Jama Network Open. November 2023; https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.44877.
  • Kaller S, Upadhyay UD, Ralph LJ, Schroeder R, Biggs MA. Awareness of medication abortion among a nationally representative U.S. sample, 2021-2022. Contraception. September 2023; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110078.
  • Adler A, Biggs MA, Kaller S, Schroeder R, Ralph LJ. Changes in the Frequency and Type of Barriers to Reproductive Health Care Between 2017 and 2021. Jama Network Open. April 2023; https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.7461.
  • Berglas NF, Kari White, Schroeder R, Roberts SCM. Geographic disparities in disruptions to abortion care in Louisiana at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Contraception. August 2022; doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2022.07.012.
  • Berglas NF, Kari White, Schroeder R, Roberts SCM. Geographic Disparities in Disruptions to Abortion Care in Louisiana at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Contraception. July 2022; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2022.07.012.
  • Joffe C, Schroeder R. COVID-19, health care, and abortion exceptionalism in the United States. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. August 2021; DOI: 10.1363/psrh.12182.
  • Roberts SCM, Berglas NF, Schroeder R, Grossman D, Lingwall M, Kari White. Disruptions to Abortion Care in Louisiana During Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic. American Journal of Public Health. June 2021; e1-e9.
  • Roberts SCM, Schroeder R, Joffe C. COVID-19 and independent abortion providers: Findings from a rapid-response survey. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. December 2020; 52(4):217-225.
  • Upadhyay UD, Schroeder R, Roberts SCM. Adoption of no-test and telehealth medication abortion care among independent abortion providers in response to COVID-19. Contraception: X. November 2020; 2:100049.
  • Woodruff K, Schroeder R, Herold S, Roberts SCM, Berglas NF. Experiences of harassment and empowerment after sharing personal abortion stories publicly. Contraception: X. February 2020; 20:100021.

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