Dr. Gilliam is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago. She is Chief of the Section of Family Planning and Contraceptive Research, Director of the Fellowship in Family Planning, and heads the Program in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 

In her clinical work, Dr. Gilliam treats the gynecologic needs of children and young women up to the age of 22. Dr. Gilliam is an accomplished researcher and widely published in the peer review literature. Dr. Gilliam’s research is funded by private foundations, The National Institutes of Health, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Centers for Disease Control. 

She currently serves on the Editorial Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is the President-Elect of the Board of The Society of Family Planning and is the former Board Chairman of the Guttmacher Institute. 

Dr. Gilliam has a bachelor’s degree from Yale University, her master’s degree in philosophy and politics from Oxford University, her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.