Eva Gillis-Buck, MD, MPhil
Resident
Surgery
School of Medicine

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

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• 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 & Training

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• MD University of California, San Francisco 06/2020
• MPhil History and Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge 06/2013
• BA Developmental Biology; Gender Studies Harvard University 06/2012

Interests

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

Publications (14)

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• Maternal-fetal microchimerism as a durable but finite and replaceable alloantigen reservoir.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2024 Gillis-Buck EM, Gardner JM
• Thymic and extrathymic Aire-expressing cells in maternal-fetal tolerance.
  Immunological reviews 2022 Sun IH, Gillis-Buck E, Mackenzie TC, Gardner JM
• Extrathymic Aire-expressing cells support maternal-fetal tolerance.
  Science immunology 2021 Gillis-Buck E, Miller H, Sirota M, Sanders SJ, Ntranos V, Anderson MS, Gardner JM, MacKenzie TC
• Ex vivo human testes as a practical model to simulate ultrasound-guided testicular cell transplantation for human fertility restoration
  F&S Science 2021 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 Yang H, Lindsey JP, Gillis-Buck EM, Srirangapatanam S, Rosen JE, Hussein AA, Smith JF

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• Basal impulses: findings from the last twenty years on impulsivity and reward pathways using deep brain stimulation.
  Journal of neurosurgical sciences 2020 Upadhyayula PS, Rennert RC, Martin JR, Yue JK, Yang J, Gillis-Buck EM, Sidhu N, Cheung CK, Lee AT, Hoshide RR, Ciacci JD
• Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serology assays reveals a range of test performance.
  Nature biotechnology 2020 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 …
• Hospital complications and costs of spinal arteriovenous malformations in the United States from 2002-2014.
  Journal of neurosurgical sciences 2018 Yue JK, Deng H, Winkler EA, Ordaz A, Gillis-Buck EM, Lee YM, Safaee MM, Abla AA, Huang MC, Dhall SS
• Apolipoprotein E Epsilon 4 Genotype, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, and the Development of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
  Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) 2018 Deng H, Ordaz A, Upadhyayula PS, Gillis-Buck EM, Suen CG, Melhado CG, Mohammed N, Lam T, Yue JK
• Caveolin1 Identifies a Specific Subpopulation of Cerebral Cortex Callosal Projection Neurons (CPN) Including Dual Projecting Cortical Callosal/Frontal Projection Neurons (CPN/FPN).
  eNeuro 2018 MacDonald JL, Fame RM, Gillis-Buck EM, Macklis JD
• The LGBTQI health forum: an innovative interprofessional initiative to support curriculum reform.
  Medical education online 2017 Braun HM, Ramirez D, Zahner GJ, Gillis-Buck EM, Sheriff H, Ferrone M
• Redefining ‘Virgin Birth’ After Kaguya: Mammalian Parthenogenesis in Experimental Biology, 2004-2014
  Catalyst: feminism, theory, technoscience 2016 Gillis-Buck, E. M.
• Autism as a Biomedical Platform for Sex Difference Research
  BioSocieties 2014 Gillis-Buck, E. M. & Richardson, S. S.
• New modes of understanding and acting on human difference in autism research, advocacy and care
  BioSocieties 2014 Eyal, G., Fitzgerald, D., Gillis-Buck, E. M., Hart, B., Lappe, M. D., Navon, D., & Richardson, S. S.