Willis Lung Lab

We're the Willis Lung Lab @uabsom, @uabpeds. We're fascinated by the mycobiome and the gut-lung axis. #BLM #ScienceisCool @KentWillisMD

[Willis Lung Lab @LabLung]

Congrats to the next generation of winners including Kulsajan Bhatia from our lab!!!

Kulsajan is the third awardee in our lab - including our PI!

[Lily Lou @Lilylouuuuu]

The SONPM Klaus awards, recognizing our neonatology rising stars, presented at #NCEdenver2025, always give me great hope for our future! ⁦@AAPneonatal⁩

[Naftali Kaminski @KaminskiMed]

Our urgent call in BMJ is out: >3400 signed letter calling on Word Medical Associations to STOP THEIR SILENCE. Dr. Abu Safiya is imprisoned by Israel >18 months with no charges. Solitary confinement. Beatings. His life threatened. This must End. 🧵
https://t.co/hxAzpigW0q

[Max Kozlov @maxdkozlov]

NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like?

For @nature, I spent a month digging into leaked docs. We've published a list of 235 words being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵

[Fumihiko Namba, MD, PhD @nambaf1107]

難波の依頼コメンタリーがPediatric Research にアクセプトされました✌️

『Prenatal Cannabinoid and Nicotine Exposure: Senescence as a Developmental Origin of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia?』

[Ann L. Jennerich, MD MS ATSF @aclong111]

Scientific meetings should be places where people can engage in difficult conversations and know that their voices will not be censored.

Appreciate this statement from @atscommunity.

Looking forward to #ATS2027 in New Orleans.

(link to statement in reply)

[Willis Lung Lab @LabLung]

@Chetta_milk_lab @mistygoodlab Congrats!!!

[Alexis Davis @AlexisDNeoMD]

The neonatology community’s response to the @ABPeds announcement for 2 year fellowship option: https://t.co/Sg1rtqHlT6

[UAB Department of Pediatrics @uabpeds]

Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the 2025–2026 Department of Pediatrics Faculty Achievement Awards! Recognized by their peers for excellence and outstanding contributions to the department, these individuals are helping shape the future of child health!👏 🥳

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨HOLY SHIT: I was just listening to Marjorie Taylor Greene and she confirmed Donald Trump pushed the government shutdown HIMSELF so they couldn’t vote to release the Epstein files.

This should be a major scandal.

[Salim S. Hayek, MD @salimhayek]

Protected time for early-career investigators matters more when external funding is scarce, not less. If we only invest in people who already have grants, we've confused output with potential. 2/4

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Trump, after having a 90 min phone call with Putin, puts out a truth social that he is considering withdrawing all troops from Germany. Something sinister is going on between them. It’s time for “concerned” Republicans to speak out

[Inna Vishik @InnaVishik]

People outside of academia sometimes find the concept of a department chair confusing. They are not your boss, manager, or CEO. They are more like an elected representative who negotiates with terrorists on your behalf.

[Willis Lung Lab @LabLung]

@silvirouskin Ouch

[Ariel Salas @ArielSalasMD]

Updated review on enteral nutrition in neonates #neonatalnutritionresearch @uabpeds

[Mukund Iyengar @mukundiyngr]

NIH slowdown hit women hardest.
Five years of gain erased in ~1.5 cycles.

Female PI-led R01 grants ⇣938 with $444M gone.
This chart is the cleanest capture of this loss.

Cuts landed where women lead: breast, ovarian, and gynecologic cancers.

Dig deeper & the gap keeps widening:
▫️ women start small: $0.94M vs $1.4M for men
▫️ larger losses: 57.9% vs 48.2% for men
▪️ early-career hit hardest: 59.8% of affected assistant professor grants are women led

This is how you reset a generation:
↳ cut funding → fewer labs
↳ fewer labs → fewer leaders
↳ fewer leaders → fewer women at the top

Pipelines don't bounce back, they just thin out silently.

If you are a woman in science,
now is the time to pay attention

Read more about this in first comment below

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Source: NIH RePORTER via Jori (@jori_health)

Method: PI gender-inference is non-trivial. Jori classified 91% algorithmically, then we manually reviewed profiles to classify another 6% (ie, ~ 3% remain unclassified).

This chart reflects the 97% classified names with high confidence.
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[Dean Withers @itsdeaann]

Trump just posted a photo depicting himself as Jesus. He is depicting himself as God. He is not mentally fit to serve.

MAGA Christians: How could you POSSIBLY defend this?

[The Incubator Podcast @nicupodcast]

What if we could answer multiple neonatal questions faster, smarter, and at scale?

In this episode, we sit down with Professor Brett Manley to explore the shift toward adaptive platform trials. Frustrated by the limits of traditional RCTs, Dr. Manley shares the vision behind the Platypus Trial in Australia and New Zealand, designed to study multiple interventions at once using shared outcomes, innovative consent models, and large-scale collaboration.

🎧 Listen to the full episode here: https://t.co/pOOIgWSuod

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

A hilarious April fools video made by the police

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

This asshole ran an entire campaign calling a guy who fell asleep once, "Sleepy." Now, he falls asleep every day on camera.

Every sngle accusation is an admission. Even when they seem insignificant.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Orders to violate the constitution are treason. FYI!

[Bobby Football @Rob__Paul]

Washington’s Carver Willis was queitly one of the best OL in pass pro on Day 1 of the Senior Bowl.

Hand usage is impressive. Replaces hands to stop spin on rep 1 & snatch-and-trap on rep 2.