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Kent Willis
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kwillis@peds.uab.edu
kentwillis@uabmc.edu
kawillis@uab.edu
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205-934-4680
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Kent Willis
Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor (P)
,
Pediatric - Neonatology
,
Pediatrics
2020 -
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Overview
Overview
Dr. Willis is a K08 supported physician scientist in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology. The Willis Lung Lab explores the role of commensal fungi and the gut-lung axis in early life.
Publications
Selected Publications
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2020
The closed eye harbours a unique microbiome in dry eye disease
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Scientific Reports
. 10.
2020
2020
Recent advances in understanding the ecology of the lung microbiota and deciphering the gut-lung axis
2020
2020
A stable cutaneous mycobiome exists from birth
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Pediatric Research
. 88:153-154.
2020
2020
The gut mycobiome of healthy mice is shaped by the environment and shapes metabolic outcomes in response to diet
2020
2020
Mice without a microbiome are partially protected from lung injury by hyperoxia
2020
2020
Perinatal maternal antibiotic exposure augments lung injury in offspring in experimental bronchopulmonary dysplasia
2020
2020
TGR5 signaling mitigates parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease
2020
2020
The closed eye harbors a unique microbiome in dry eye disease
2020
2019
Fungi form interkingdom microbial communities in the primordial human gut that develop with gestational age
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The FASEB Journal
. 33:12825-12837.
2019
2019
Fungi form interkingdom microbial communities in the primordial human gut that develop with gestational age
2019
2019
Hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus and the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
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Congenital Heart Disease
. 14:27-32.
2019
2018
The death knell of inhaled nitric oxide to prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia?
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Journal of Perinatology
. 38:633-635.
2018
2018
Shaken or Stirred? Evaluating the combination of budesonide–surfactant for survival free of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
2018
2016
Bariatric Surgery and the Pregnancy Complicated by Gestational Diabetes
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Current Diabetes Reports
. 16:1-11.
2016
2015
Pregnancy and neonatal outcome after bariatric surgery
2015
2013
Bariatric surgery and pregnancy: The magical solution?
2013
2013
Bariatric surgery: Impact on pregnancy outcomes
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Current Diabetes Reports
. 13:19-26.
2013
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2011
Immunology and endocrinology of obesity
. 65-108.
2011
Research
Research Overview
The mycobiome and the gut-lung axis in early life.
Principal Investigator On
The Gut-Lung Axis Influences The Development Of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
awarded by
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
2020 - 2025
Background
Education And Training
Doctor of Medicine,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2013
Bachelor of Science or Mathematics in Chemistry,
Union University
2009
Contact
Full Name
Kent
Willis
Fax
205-934-3100