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Office
1700 6th Avenue South
WIC Suite 9380
Birmingham, AL 35233Phone+1 205-934-4680
Summary
- I am an Assistant Professor and Neonatologist Physician-Scientist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Education & Training
University of TennesseeFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2016 - 2019
Our Lady of The LakeResidency, Pediatrics, 2013 - 2016- Ben Gurion University of the NegevClass of 2013
Certifications & Licensure
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2024
TN State Medical License 2016 - 2021
LA State Medical License 2013 - 2016- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Young Faculty Award Southern Society of Pediatric Research, 2022
- Research Achievement Award - Junior Faculty Department of Pediatrics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2022
- K08 Mentored Clinician Scientist Career Development Award The National Institutes of Health - National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Antimicrobial peptides modulate lung injury by altering the intestinal microbiota.Ahmed Abdelgawad, Teodora Nicola, Isaac Martin, Brian A Halloran, Kosuke Tanaka
Microbiome. 2023-10-16 - 59 citationsThe gut mycobiome of healthy mice is shaped by the environment and correlates with metabolic outcomes in response to diet.Tahliyah S. Mims, Qusai Al Abdallah, Justin D. Stewart, Sydney P. Watts, Catrina T. White
Communications Biology. 2021-03-05 - 21 citationsHemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus and the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaKent A. Willis, Mark F. Weems
Congenital Heart Disease. 2019-01-01
Journal Articles
- The closed eye harbours a unique microbiome in dry eye diseaseKent A. Willis, Cameron K. Postnikoff, Amelia Freeman, Gabriel Rezonzew, Kelly Nichols, Amit Gaggar & Charitharth V. Lal, Scientific Reports, 7/21/2020
Authored Content
- Healthy babies are born with fungi in their gutsSeptember 2019
Press Mentions
Does Lung Colonization by Certain Microbes Protect or Make an Infant More Susceptible to BPD?November 21st, 2019
Grant Support
- The gut-lung axis influences the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaThe National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute2020–2025
- Loan Repayment AwardNIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institue2021–2023
- Kaul Pediatric Research Institue AwardChildren’s of Alabama2021–2023
- Lung Health Center Pilot GrantUAB2021–2022
- Microbiome CenterUAB2020–2021
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