Roopan Gill, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Safeguarding in FemTech: Protecting users of digital abortion tools in restrictive contexts
Contraception · 2026 · senior author
Interest in digital health tools for miscarriage support: A qualitative assessment of Canadian women facing early pregnancy loss
Women s Health · 2025 · senior author
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Technology Intervention to Support Postabortion Care After Surgical Abortion (the FACTS Study Phase 3): Mixed Methods Prospective Pilot Study.
JMIR formative research · 2024 · first author

All 9 publications

Latest funding

"How far is too far?" Creating an evidence base to support safe provision of medication abortion for people living far from emergency services.
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
The Canadian Surgical and Medical Abortion Provider Survey (CAPS)
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$407,780
The CART Canadian NP mifepristone implementation study
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$481,950

All 3 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Safeguarding in FemTech: Protecting users of digital abortion tools in restrictive contexts

Anjali Sergeant, Génesis Luigi-Bravo, Genevieve Tam, Roopan Kaur Gill

Contraception20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2026.111397 PMID: 41616968

02

Interest in digital health tools for miscarriage support: A qualitative assessment of Canadian women facing early pregnancy loss

Breanna Flynn, Anjali Sergeant, Genevieve Tam, Megan Gomes, Roopan Kaur Gill

Women s Health20251 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/17455057241311424 PMID: 39862209

03

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Technology Intervention to Support Postabortion Care After Surgical Abortion (the FACTS Study Phase 3): Mixed Methods Prospective Pilot Study.

Gill R, Ogilvie G, Norman WV, Fitzsimmons B, Maher C, Renner R

JMIR formative research20248 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.2196/46284 PMID: 38194252

04

Aya Contigo: evaluation of a digital intervention to support self-managed medication abortion in Venezuela

Kathryn Cleverley, Anjali Sergeant, Nina Zamberlín, Susana Medina, Genevieve Tam, Roopan Kaur Gill

Frontiers in Global Women s Health20244 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fgwh.2024.1401779 PMID: 39483289

05

Towards a better tomorrow: addressing intersectional gender power relations to eradicate inequities in maternal health.

Bohren MA, Iyer A, Barros AJD, Williams CR, Hazfiarini A, Arroyave L, Filippi V, Chamberlain C, Kabakian-Khasholian T, Mayra K, Gill R, Vogel JP, Chou D, George AS, Oladapo OT

EClinicalMedicine2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102180 PMID: 38314054

06

Lessons learned from developing and implementing digital health tools for self-managed abortion and sexual and reproductive healthcare in Canada, the United States, and Venezuela.

Luigi-Bravo G, Maria Ramirez A, Gerdts C, Gill R

Sexual and reproductive health matters2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/26410397.2023.2266305 PMID: 37870150

07

Contraception and abortion in times of crisis: results from an online survey of Venezuelan women.

Stifani BM, Luigi G, Tam G, Zamberlin N, Carino G, Medina-Salas S, Fetters T, Gill R

Frontiers in global women's health2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fgwh.2023.1189706 PMID: 37795508

08

Reducing the harms of unsafe abortion: a systematic review of the safety, effectiveness and acceptability of harm reduction counselling for pregnant persons seeking induced abortion.

Stifani BM, Gill R, Kim CR

BMJ sexual & reproductive health2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2021-201389 PMID: 35017226

09

Relevance of Gender-Sensitive Policies and General Health Indicators to Compare the Status of South Asian Women’s Health

Roopan Kaur Gill, Donna Eileen Stewart

Women s Health Issues201050 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.10.003 PMID: 21185987

"How far is too far?" Creating an evidence base to support safe provision of medication abortion for people living far from emergency services.

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Henry, Bonnie J; Munro, Sarah B; Schummers, Laura

Keywords: Abortion; Chart Review; Clinical Care Guidelines; Interviews; Linked Health Administrative Data Analysis; Rural And Remote Health Care; Shared Decision Making; Systematic Review

$100,000

The Canadian Surgical and Medical Abortion Provider Survey (CAPS)

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Renner, Regina M; Henry, Bonnie J; Wagner, Marie-Soleil

Keywords: Abortion; Clinical Practice; Family Planning Services; Health Human Resources; Health Provider Experiences; Health Service Delivery; Quality Of Care; Workforce Characteristics

$407,780

The CART Canadian NP mifepristone implementation study

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Martin-Misener, Ruth; Roussel, Josette

Keywords: Access To Care; Family Planning; Health Equity; Health Policy, Systems And Services; Implementation Research; Inter-Jurisdictional Comparisons; Interdisciplinary Team; Medical Abortion; Mifepristone; Nurse Practitioner

$481,950

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Department of Family Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
School of Population and Public Health
Nursing

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Anjali Sergeant

Department of Family Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Wendy Norman

Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Gina Ogilvie

School of Population and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Regina Renner

Obstetrics and Gynecology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Donna Stewart

Department of Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2010

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