{"version":"1.0","provider_url":"https:\/\/warpwire.duke.edu","provider_name":"Warpwire","is_public":true,"duration":0,"has_caption":false,"views":37,"upload_date":"2020-08-11T19:21:55+00:00","description":"Guide to the Rebecca H. Buckley Oral History Interview, 2007 (OH.BUCKLEYR) Abstract Dr. Rebecca H Buckley was named the J. Buren Sidbury Professor of Pediatrics in 1979, making her the first female at Duke Medical School to be given a distinguished professorship. Her accomplishments include extensive work with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on February 19, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry. In this interview, Buckley discusses her experiences as a woman within the Division of Pediatric Allergy in the Department of Pediatrics, and SCID.  Descriptive Summary Call NumberOH.BUCKLEYRTitleRebecca H. Buckley Oral History InterviewDateFebruary 19, 2007CreatorBuckley, Rebecca H.Extent1 interview (2 master CDs, 2 use CDs, and 1 transcript)RepositoryDuke University Medical Center Archives Series Quick Links Interview, February 19, 2007 Collection Overview Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Rebecca Buckley conducted on February 19, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.  In this interview, Buckley discusses her experiences as a woman within the Division of Pediatric Allergy in the Department of Pediatrics, and severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).  Arrangement Note Organized into the following series: Interview, February 19, 2007.  Restrictions on Access & Use Some collections are stored off site and must be requested at least 48 business hours in advance for retrieval.  Access Restrictions None.  Use Restrictions Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.  Contents of the Collection 1. Interview, February 19, 2007 Series Scope and Contents: This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Rebecca Buckley on February 19, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.  Duration: 01:23:00  Buckley discusses receiving her bachelor's degree at Duke; the difference between the men's college and the women's college at Duke; her growing interest in becoming a doctor; others' resistance to her going into medicine because she was female; experiences at University of North Carolina Medical School; her engagement and marriage; pregnancy and motherhood; pediatrics; allergy and immunology; encouragement from Dr. Susan Dees; the attractiveness of her specialty; remaining at Duke although passing the medical boards in Florida; the Department of Immunology; Dr. Bernard Amos; Dr. Susan Dees's contributions to Duke; severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID); bone marrow transplants for children with SCID through removal of donor T-cells, including its development and her own research on it; the success rates of transplants for SCID patients; the difficulty of determining how common SCID is due to lack of newborn screening; her advocacy for newborn screening for SCID; the expense of early screening of SCID versus nonscreening; the avenues for her advocacy for newborn screening; her desire for screening of other defects similar to SCID; her research on SCID chimeras (people with living parts from a another person inside them); transplantations done by fellows; the few women faculty at the time she began in Immunology; being the \"token woman\" on medical center committees; the realization in the 1970s that more and more women were applying to medical schools; joining the faculty in the Department of Pediatrics; becoming division chief of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics; the less lucrative nature of pediatrics; not meeting with resistance as division chief; not being a \"women's libber\"; other women on the faculty at Duke; her advice to young medical students; work-family balance; the commonalities between her husband's work and her work; her election to Institute of Medicine; the William G. Anlyan Lifetime Achievement Award; Dr. James D. Sidbury; Dr. Samuel Katz; Dr. Catherine Wilfert; changes in her field; changes at Duke; Buckley's Syndrome; the Duke Immune Deficiency Foundation Center of Excellence; tests for discovering immunodeficient patients; patients; and working with patients long term.","author_name":"Rebecca Williams","html":"\u003Ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/warpwire.duke.edu\/w\/LRIEAA\/\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; camera; microphone; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E","height":360,"width":640,"thumbnail_height":360,"thumbnail_width":640,"url":"https:\/\/warpwire.duke.edu\/w\/LRIEAA\/","type":"video","title":"Rebecca Buckley Oral History Interview","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/warpwire.duke.edu\/img\/3D1CD1E0-9ADB-4C92-A7A9-B7DD7F97D915\/0CF207F6-DC5F-46F9-9AD3-A0B3783B9F93\/large\/"}