Shelly Kaller, MPH

Shelly Kaller, MPH, is a Project Director at UCSF’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH). She manages studies that assess the impact of abortion bans on pregnant people, including people with pregnancy complications such as ectopic pregnancy and abortion seekers. She also directs studies on evolving models of abortion service delivery, including telehealth, self-managed abortion, and over-the-counter access to medication abortion. In addition, Shelly serves on ANSIRH’s Abortion Facility Database committee, where she oversees a student internship program responsible for updating a national database of abortion facilities, a resource widely used to track annual changes in the availability, location, and scope of abortion services nationwide.

With more than 20 years of experience in sexual and reproductive health research, Shelly has led and contributed to studies on the factors shaping contraceptive decision-making and on the evaluation of school-based health programs for adolescents. She earned her Master of Public Health from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, with a concentration in population and family health.

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Citations

Schroeder R, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Biggs MA. Changes in beliefs about the safety of clinic-based abortion and self-managed abortion methods in the United States, pre- to post-Dobbs. Contraception. May 2026; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2026.111515.
Merz-Herrala AA, Biggs MA, Ehrenreich K, Kaller S, Ralph LJ, Scott KA, Kapp N, Kromenaker T, Perritt J, Kari White, Grossman D. Examining the association between prior medical mistreatment and interest in and support for over-the-counter medication abortion among people seeking in-person abortion in the United States. BMC Health Services Research. April 2026; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14505-2.
Ehrenreich K, Biggs MA, Kaller S, Ralph LJ, Blanchard K, Bustamante CK, Cervantes M, Hauser D, Hernández E, Kapp N, Kromenaker T, Moayedi G, Perritt J, Raymond EG, Kari White, Grossman D. Development of a consumer information leaflet for a prototype over-the-counter mifepristone and misoprostol medication abortion product. Contraception. January 2026; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111361.
Biggs MA, Armstrong MA, Tucker L, Kaller S, Rabbani J, Lee JW, Chillemi G, Grossman D. Incidence of Ectopic Pregnancy and Diagnostic Accuracy of Ectopic Pregnancy Screening Criteria Among People Seeking Versus Not Seeking Abortion: A Retrospective Case-Control Study. Women's Health Issues. October 2025; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2025.08.006.
Kimport K, Kaller S. Not actively dying: An inductive categorization of obstetric cases negatively affected by post-Dobbs abortion bans. Contraception. July 2025; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111043.
Biggs MA, Ralph LJ, Ehrenreich K, Kaller S, Blanchard K, Hauser D, Kapp N, Kromenaker T, Moayedi G, Perritt J, Raymond EG, Kari White, Grossman D. No-Test Screening Protocols May Disproportionately Exclude Structurally Oppressed Communities Who Could Benefit from Accessing Medication Abortion. Health Equity. March 2025; https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2024.0128.
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.
Ralph LJ, Ehrenreich K, Kaller S, Gurazada T, Biggs MA, Blanchard K, Hauser D, Kapp N, Kromenaker T, Moayedi G, Gil JP, Perritt J, Raymond EG, Taylor D, Kari White, Valladares ES, Williams S, Grossman D. Accuracy of survey-based assessment of eligibility for medication abortion compared with clinician assessment. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. January 2025; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2025.01.008.
Wasser O, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Biggs MA. Catastrophic Health Expenditures for In-State and Out-of-State Abortion Care. Jama Network Open. November 2024; https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.44146.
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.
Wasser O, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Biggs MA. Experiences of delay-causing obstacles and mental health at the time of abortion seeking.. Contraception: X. March 2024; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conx.2024.100105.
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.
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.
Nathan SF, Berglas NF, Kaller S, Mays A, Biggs MA. Reasons for Having Unprotected Sex Among Adolescents and Young Adults Accessing Reproductive Health Services. Women's Health Issues. May 2023; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2022.11.006.
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.
Kaller S, Ralph LJ, Wingo E, Biggs MA. Abortion terminology preferences: a cross-sectional survey of people accessing abortion care. BMC Women's Health. January 2023; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-02152-8.
Biggs MA, Driver M, Kaller S, Ralph LJ. Unwanted abortion disclosure and social support in the abortion decision and mental health symptoms: A cross-sectional survey. Contraception. October 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2022.10.007.
Ralph LJ, Ehrenreich K, Kaller S, Biggs MA. A cross-sectional study examining consideration of self-managed abortion among people seeking facility-based care in the United States. Reproductive Health. August 2022; DOI: 10.1186/s12978-022-01486-8.
Kaller S, Ma M, Gurazada T, Baba F, Rafie S, Raine-Bennett T, Averbach S, Chen M, Berry E, Meckstroth KR, Grossman D. "No Big Deal”: A Qualitative Study of Pharmacists’ Perspectives on Dispensing Mifepristone for Medication Abortion. Women's Health Issues. July 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2022.06.007.
Upadhyay UD, Chris Ahlbach, Kaller S, Clare Stewart, Isabel Muñoz, PhD. Trends In Self-Pay Charges And Insurance Acceptance For Abortion In The United States, 2017-20. Health Affairs. April 11, 2022; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01528.
Kaller S, Isabel Muñoz, PhD, Sharma S, Tayel S, Chris Ahlbach, Clare Stewart, Upadhyay UD. Abortion service availability during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a national census of abortion facilities in the U.S.. Contraception: X. July 2021; [Epub ahead of print].
Kaller S, Natalie Morris, MPH, Biggs MA, Baba F, Rafie S, Raine-Bennett T, Creinin MD, Berry E, Micks EA, Meckstroth KR, Averbach S, Grossman D. Pharmacists' knowledge, perspectives, and experiences with mifepristone dispensing for medication abortion. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. June 2021; S1544-3191(21)00285-5. [Epub ahead of print].
Kaller S, Daniel S, Raifman S, Biggs MA, Grossman D. Pre-abortion informed consent through telemedicine vs. in person: Differences in patient demographics and visit satisfaction. Women's Health Issues. April 2021; [Epub ahead of print].
Grossman D, Baba F, Kaller S, Biggs MA, Raifman S, Gurazada T, Rafie S, Averbach S, Meckstroth KR, Micks EA, Berry E, Raine-Bennett T, Creinin MD. Medication abortion with pharmacist dispensing of mifepristone. Obstetrics & Gynecology. March 2021; [Epub ahead of print].
Berglas NF, Kimport K, Mays A, Kaller S, Biggs MA. "It's worked well for me": Young women's reasons for choosing lower-efficacy contraceptive methods. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. January 2021; [Epub ahead of print].
Wingo E, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Biggs MA. Abortion method preference among people presenting for abortion care. Contraception. December 2020; 103(4):269-275.
Biggs MA, Neilands TB, Kaller S, Ralph LJ. Developing and validating the Psychosocial Burden among people Seeking Abortion Scale (PB-SAS). PLOS One. December 2020; 15(12):e0242463.
Biggs MA, Tome L, Mays A, Kaller S, Harper CC, Freedman LR. The fine line between informing and coercing: Community health center clinicians' approaches to counseling young people about IUDs. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. December 2020; 52(4):245-252.
Cheeks M, Kaller S, Mays A, Biggs MA. Provider practices and young women's experiences with provider self-disclosure during emergency contraceptive visits. Women's Health Issues. June 2020; 30(4):277-282.
Kaller S, Mays A, Freedman LR, Harper CC, 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. January 2020; 20:15(2020).
Daniel S, Kaller S, Grossman D. Characteristics of patients having telemedicine versus in-person informed consent visits before abortion in Utah. Contraception. January 2020; 101(1):56-61.
Ehrenreich K, Kaller S, Grossman D. Women's Experiences Using Telemedicine to Attend Abortion Information Visits in Utah: A Qualitative Study. Women's Health Issues. September 2019; Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 407–413.
Biggs MA, Kimport K, Mays AR, Kaller S, Berglas NF. Young Women’s Perspectives about the Contraceptive Counseling Received During their Emergency Contraception Visit. Women's Health Issues. March 2019; 29(2):170–175.
Anderson P, Kaller S, Tober D, Grossman D. Evaluating the capacity of California's publicly funded universities to provide medication abortion. Contraception. June 2018; 98(4):306-311.
Biggs MA, Kaller S, Harper CC, Freedman LR, Mays AR. "Birth Control can Easily Take a Back Seat": Challenges Providing IUDs in Community Health Care Settings. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. February 2018; 29(1):228-244.