University of California San Francisco

Eva Gillis-Buck
Eva Gillis-Buck, MD

Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery

    Biography

    Eva Gillis-Buck is a general surgery resident at UCSF. Dr. Gillis-Buck has a BA with double major in Developmental Biology and Gender Studies from Harvard University, an MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science from Cambridge University, and received her MD from the University of California, San Francisco in 2020. Her research interests include maternal-fetal immunology, transplant immunology, and feminist science studies.

    Awards & Honors

    Award Conferred By Date
    Alpha Omega Alpha 2020
    Dean's Prize in Research UCSF 2020
    Steinhart Award UCSF 2020
    Best Abstract Presentation UCSF J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium 2019
    Markowski-Leach Scholarship 2016
    Best Paper Prize UCLA Thinking Gender Conference 2015
    Extraordinary Thesis Prize in Developmental Biology Harvard University 2012
    Jane C. Grant Prize in Gender Studies Harvard University 2012
    Lt. Charles Fiske III Scholarship Harvard University 2012
    Thomas T. Hoopes Prize Harvard University 2012

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of California, San Francisco MD 06/2020
    University of Cambridge MPhil History and Philosophy of Science 06/2013
    Harvard University BA Developmental Biology; Gender Studies 06/2012

    Clinical Interests

    • feminist science studies
    • maternal-fetal immunology
    • history of medicine
    • transplant immunology
    • bioethics

    Publications

    • Sun IH, Gillis-Buck E, Mackenzie TC, Gardner JM. Thymic and extrathymic Aire-expressing cells in maternal-fetal tolerance. Immunol Rev. 2022 07; 308(1):93-104. View in PubMed
    • Gillis-Buck E, Miller H, Sirota M, Sanders SJ, Ntranos V, Anderson MS, Gardner JM, MacKenzie TC. Extrathymic Aire-expressing cells support maternal-fetal tolerance. Sci Immunol. 2021 07 16; 6(61). View in PubMed
    • Yang, H., Lindsey II, J. P., Gillis-Buck, E. M., Srirangapatanam, S., Rosen, J. E., Hussein, A. A., & Smith, J. F. . Ex vivo human testes as a practical model to simulate ultrasound-guided testicular cell transplantation for human fertility restoration. F&S Science. 2021; 2(2). View in PubMed
    • Yang H, Lindsey JP, Gillis-Buck EM, Srirangapatanam S, Rosen JE, Hussein AA, Smith JF. Ex vivo human testes as a practical model to simulate ultrasound-guided testicular cell transplantation for human fertility restoration. F S Sci. 2021 05; 2(2):135-140. View in PubMed
    • Upadhyayula PS, Rennert RC, Martin JR, Yue JK, Yang J, Gillis-Buck EM, Sidhu N, Cheung CK, Lee AT, Hoshide RR, Ciacci JD. Basal impulses: findings from the last twenty years on impulsivity and reward pathways using deep brain stimulation. J Neurosurg Sci. 2020 Dec; 64(6):544-551. View in PubMed

    In the News

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 16
    1. Impact of short-term vegan versus ketogenic diets on human immunity and microbiome.
      Horner NK, Gillis-Buck EM, Gardner JM| | PubMed
    2. Chimeric autoantibody-receptor T cells mediate depletion of autoantibody-producing B cells.
      Yin HS, Gillis-Buck EM, Gardner JM| | PubMed
    3. Maternal-fetal microchimerism as a durable but finite and replaceable alloantigen reservoir.
      Gillis-Buck EM, Gardner JM| | PubMed
    4. Thymic and extrathymic Aire-expressing cells in maternal-fetal tolerance.
      Sun IH, Gillis-Buck E, Mackenzie TC, Gardner JM| | PubMed
    5. Extrathymic Aire-expressing cells support maternal-fetal tolerance.
      Gillis-Buck E, Miller H, Sirota M, Sanders SJ, Ntranos V, Anderson MS, Gardner JM, MacKenzie TC| | PubMed
    6. Ex vivo human testes as a practical model to simulate ultrasound-guided testicular cell transplantation for human fertility restoration
      Yang, H., Lindsey II, J. P., Gillis-Buck, E. M., Srirangapatanam, S., Rosen, J. E., Hussein, A. A., & Smith, J. F.| | UCSF Research Profile
    7. ExΒ vivo human testes as a practical model to simulate ultrasound-guided testicular cell transplantation for human fertility restoration.
      Yang H, Lindsey JP, Gillis-Buck EM, Srirangapatanam S, Rosen JE, Hussein AA, Smith JF| | PubMed
    8. Basal impulses: findings from the last twenty years on impulsivity and reward pathways using deep brain stimulation.
      Upadhyayula PS, Rennert RC, Martin JR, Yue JK, Yang J, Gillis-Buck EM, Sidhu N, Cheung CK, Lee AT, Hoshide RR, Ciacci JD| | PubMed
    9. Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serology assays reveals a range of test performance.
      Whitman JD, Hiatt J, Mowery CT, Shy BR, Yu R, Yamamoto TN, Rathore U, Goldgof GM, Whitty C, Woo JM, Gallman AE, Miller TE, Levine AG, Nguyen DN, Bapat SP, Balcerek J, Bylsma SA, Lyons AM, Li S, Wong AW, Gillis-Buck EM, Steinhart ZB, Lee Y, Apathy R, Lipke MJ, Smith JA, Zheng T, Boothby IC, Isaza E, Chan J, Acenas DD, Lee J, Macrae TA, Kyaw TS, Wu D, Ng DL, Gu W, York VA, Eskandarian HA, Callaway PC, Warrier L, Moreno ME, Levan J, Torres L, Farrington LA, Loudermilk RP, Koshal K, Zorn KC, Garcia-Beltran WF, Yang D, Astudillo MG, Bernstein BE, Gelfand JA, Ryan ET, Charles RC, Iafrate AJ, Lennerz JK, Miller S, Chiu CY, Stramer SL, Wilson MR, Manglik A, Ye CJ, Krogan NJ, Anderson MS, Cyster JG, Ernst JD, Wu AHB, Lynch KL, Bern C, Hsu PD, Marson A| | PubMed
    10. Hospital complications and costs of spinal arteriovenous malformations in the United States from 2002-2014.
      Yue JK, Deng H, Winkler EA, Ordaz A, Gillis-Buck EM, Lee YM, Safaee MM, Abla AA, Huang MC, Dhall SS| | PubMed
    11. Apolipoprotein E Epsilon 4 Genotype, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, and the Development of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
      Deng H, Ordaz A, Upadhyayula PS, Gillis-Buck EM, Suen CG, Melhado CG, Mohammed N, Lam T, Yue JK| | PubMed
    12. Caveolin1 Identifies a Specific Subpopulation of Cerebral Cortex Callosal Projection Neurons (CPN) Including Dual Projecting Cortical Callosal/Frontal Projection Neurons (CPN/FPN).
      MacDonald JL, Fame RM, Gillis-Buck EM, Macklis JD| | PubMed
    13. The LGBTQI health forum: an innovative interprofessional initiative to support curriculum reform.
      Braun HM, Ramirez D, Zahner GJ, Gillis-Buck EM, Sheriff H, Ferrone M| | PubMed
    14. Redefining β€˜Virgin Birth’ After Kaguya: Mammalian Parthenogenesis in Experimental Biology, 2004-2014
      Gillis-Buck, E. M.| | UCSF Research Profile
    15. Autism as a Biomedical Platform for Sex Difference Research
      Gillis-Buck, E. M. & Richardson, S. S.| | UCSF Research Profile
    16. New modes of understanding and acting on human difference in autism research, advocacy and care
      Eyal, G., Fitzgerald, D., Gillis-Buck, E. M., Hart, B., Lappe, M. D., Navon, D., & Richardson, S. S.| | UCSF Research Profile