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Kent Willis
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kentwillis@uabmc.edu
kawillis@uab.edu
kawillis@uab.edu
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205-934-4680
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Kent Willis
Assistant Professor
Positions
Associate Scientist (C)
,
UAB Immunology Institute
,
School of Medicine
Associate Scientist (C)
,
UWIRC Microbiome Center
,
School of Medicine
Associate Scientist (C)
,
Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)
,
General Clinical Research Center
Assistant Professor (P)
,
Pediatric - Neonatology
,
Pediatrics
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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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2022
Efficacy of a Probiotic and Herbal Supplement in Models of Lung Inflammation
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Microorganisms
. 10.
2022
2022
The gut microbiome of extremely preterm infants randomized to the early progression of enteral feeding
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Pediatric Research
. 92:799-804.
2022
2022
Reply to Pantaleón García et al.
2022
2022
Chorioamnionitis and neonatal outcomes
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Pediatric Research
. 91:289-296.
2022
2021
The gut mycobiome of healthy mice is shaped by the environment and correlates with metabolic outcomes in response to diet
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Communications Biology
. 4.
2021
2021
Necrotizing enterocolitis and the gut-lung axis
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Seminars in Perinatology
. 45.
2021
2021
Toll-like receptors: Shapers of the pulmonary microbiome?
2021
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
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
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
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Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology
. 29:133-144.
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.
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