Kimberley Evason, MD, PhD

Clinical Instructor Without Salary and Postdoctoral fellow, GI/Liver Pathology and Stainier Laboratory

Phone: (415) 476-1000

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Education

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, B.S.,    05/98,    Biomedical Engineering
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO,    M.D.,    05/07    Medicine
Washington University, St. Louis, MO,    Ph.D.    05/07,    Developmental Biology, Mentor Kerry Kornfeld
University of California, San Francisco, 07/07-06/09,    Resident, Anatomic Pathology
University of California, San Francisco , 07/09-06/10,    Fellow, Anatomic Pathology
University of California, San Francisco, 07/10-present,    Postdoctoral Fellow,
Mentor Didier Stainier
University of California, San Francisco, 09/11-present,    Postdoctoral Fellow,
Co-Mentor Andrei Goga
University of California, San Francisco, 07/10-present,    Clinical Instructor Without Salary, Anatomic Pathology
 

Professional Experience

• 08/98-08/00
  Medical student (full-time), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (Dr. William Peck, Dean of the School of Medicine)
• 01/01-01/05
  Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) Instructor (part-time), The Princeton Review, Phoenix AZ and St. Louis, MO.
• 08/01-08/05
  Graduate Student (full-time), Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (Dr. Kerry Kornfeld, Thesis Advisor/Mentor)
• 09/05-05/07
  Medical Student (full-time), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (Dr. Larry Shapiro, Dean of the School of Medicine)
• 07/07-06/09
  Resident in Anatomic Pathology (full-time), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA (Dr. Abul Abbas, Chairman)
• 07/09-06/10
  Clinical Fellow (full-time), Gastrointestinal (GI)/Liver Pathology and Surgical Pathology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA (Dr. Linda Ferrell, Director of Surgical Pathology: Liver and GI Pathology)
• 07/10-present
  Clinical Instructor Without Salary and Postdoctoral fellow (full-time), GI/Liver Pathology and Stainier Laboratory, UCSF, San Francisco, CA ((Dr. Linda Ferrell, Director of Surgical Pathology: Liver and GI Pathology; Dr. Didier Stainier, Advisor)

Honors & Awards

• 1999
  Kehar S. Chouke-George Gill Prize in Anatomy


• 2000
  Robert Carter Medical School Prize


• 2005
  Viktor Hamburger Award


• 2010-2013
  Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Award

Selected Publications

1. Yin C, Evason KJ, Asahina K, Stainier DY. Hepatic stellate cells in liver development, regeneration, and cancer. J Clin Invest. 2013 May 1; 123(5):1902-10.
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2. Evason KJ, Grenert JP, Ferrell LD, Kakar S. Atypical hepatocellular adenoma-like neoplasms with ß-catenin activation show cytogenetic alterations similar to well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinomas. Hum Pathol. 2013 May; 44(5):750-8.
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3. Yin C, Evason KJ, Maher JJ, Stainier DY. The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, heart and neural crest derivatives expressed transcript 2, marks hepatic stellate cells in zebrafish: Analysis of stellate cell entry into the developing liver. Hepatology. 2012 Nov; 56(5):1958-70.
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4. Cheung ID, Bagnat M, Ma TP, Datta A, Evason K, Moore JC, Lawson ND, Mostov KE, Moens CB, Stainier DY. Regulation of intrahepatic biliary duct morphogenesis by Claudin 15-like b. Dev Biol. 2012 Jan 1; 361(1):68-78.
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5. Evason K, Bove KE, Finegold MJ, Knisely AS, Rhee S, Rosenthal P, Miethke AG, Karpen SJ, Ferrell LD, Kim GE. Morphologic findings in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis 2 (PFIC2): correlation with genetic and immunohistochemical studies. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 May; 35(5):687-96.
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6. Mirheydar H, Evason K, Coakley F, Baskin LS, DiSandro M. 46, XY female with cloacal exstrophy and masculinization at puberty. J Pediatr Urol. 2009 Oct; 5(5):408-11.
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7. Collins JJ, Evason K, Pickett CL, Schneider DL, Kornfeld K. The anticonvulsant ethosuximide disrupts sensory function to extend C. elegans lifespan. PLoS Genet. 2008 Oct; 4(10):e1000230.
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8. Evason K, Collins JJ, Huang C, Hughes S, Kornfeld K. Valproic acid extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan. Aging Cell. 2008 Jun; 7(3):305-17.
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9. Hughes SE, Evason K, Xiong C, Kornfeld K. Genetic and pharmacological factors that influence reproductive aging in nematodes. PLoS Genet. 2007 Feb 16; 3(2):e25.
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10. Collins JJ, Evason K, Kornfeld K. Pharmacology of delayed aging and extended lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans. Exp Gerontol. 2006 Oct; 41(10):1032-9.
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11. Kornfeld K, Evason K. Effects of anticonvulsant drugs on life span. Arch Neurol. 2006 Apr; 63(4):491-6.
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12. Evason K, Huang C, Yamben I, Covey DF, Kornfeld K. Anticonvulsant medications extend worm life-span. Science. 2005 Jan 14; 307(5707):258-62.
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13. Morris EJ, Evason K, Wiand C, L'Ecuyer TJ, Fulton AB. Misdirected vimentin messenger RNA alters cell morphology and motility. J Cell Sci. 2000 Jul; 113 ( Pt 13):2433-43.
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