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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 - 2025
- 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
- 38 citationsThe closed eye harbours a unique microbiome in dry eye disease.Kent A. Willis, Cameron K Postnikoff, Amelia Freeman, Gabriel Rezonzew, Kelly K. Nichols
Scientific Reports. 2020-07-21 - 30 citationsPerinatal maternal antibiotic exposure augments lung injury in offspring in experimental bronchopulmonary dysplasia.Kent A. Willis, David Siefker, Michael M Aziz, Catrina T. White, Naiha Mussarat
American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2020-02-01 - 24 citationsBariatric Surgery: Impact on Pregnancy OutcomesEyal Sheiner, Kent A. Willis, Yariv Yogev
Current Diabetes Reports. 2013-02-01
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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