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1700 6th Avenue SouthWIC Suite 9380Birmingham, AL 35233
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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
- Senescence at the Crossroads of Lung Development and Injury.Kent A Willis, Namasivayam Ambalavanan
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 2025-03-28 - The fungal microbiota modulate neonatal oxygen-induced lung injury.Isaac Martin, Mary Silverberg, Ahmed Abdelgawad, Kosuke Tanaka, Brian A Halloran
Microbiome. 2025-01-27 - A lactobacilli-based inhaled live biotherapeutic product attenuates pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation.Teodora Nicola, Nancy Wenger, Xin Xu, Michael Evans, Luhua Qiao
Nature Communications. 2024-08-19
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 dysplasiaUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM2020–2025
- 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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