BS / MS: Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 1980, 1982.

PhD: University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 1986.

Postdoctoral Fellowships: Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1986-87; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 1987-89.

Perkins C, Yanase N, Smulian G, Gildea L, Orekov T, Potter C, Brombacher F, Aronow B, Wills-Karp M, Finkelman FD. Selective stimulation of IL-4 receptor on smooth muscle induces airway hyperresponsiveness in mice. J Exp Med. 2011 Apr; 208(4):853-67.

McCormack MC, Breysse PN, Matsui EC, Hansel NN, Peng RD, Curtin-Brosnan J, Williams DL, Wills-Karp M, Diette GD. Indoor Particulate Matter Increases Asthma Morbidity in Children with Non-Atopic and Atopic Asthma. Ann Allergy, Asthma & Immunol. 2011 Apr;106(4):308-15. 

Guo F, Zhang S, Tripathi P, Mattner J, Phelan J, Sproles A, Mo J, Wills-Karp M, Grimes HL, Hildeman D, Zheng Y. Distinct roles of cdc42 in thymopoiesis and effector and memory T cell differentiation. PLoS One. 2011 Mar;6(3):e18002.

Baye TM, Kovacic MB, Biagini Myers JM, Martin LJ, Lindsey M, Patterson TL, He H, Ericksen MB, Gupta J, Tsoras AM, Lindsley A, Rothenberg ME, Wills-Karp M, Eissa NT, Borish L, Khurana Hershey GK.  Differences in candidate gene association between European ancestry and African American asthmatic children. PLoS One. 2011 Feb;6(2):e16522.

Chavez-Valdez, R, Ahlawat R, Wills-Karp M, Nathan A, Sproles A, Exell T, Cristofalo E, Gauda E. Correlation between Serum Caffeine Levels and Changes in Cytokines Profile in a Cohort of Preterm Infants. J Pediatr. 2011 Jan;158(1):57-64, 64.e1.

Sivaprasad U, Askew DJ, Ericksen MB, Gibson AM, Stier MT, Brandt EB, Bass SA, Daines MO, Chakir J, Stringer KF, Wert SE, Whitsett JA, Le Cras TD, Wills-Karp M, Silverman GA, Khurana Hershey GK. A nonredundant role for mouse Serpinb3a in the induction of mucus production in asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Jan;127(1):254-61, 261.e1-6.

Wills-Karp M. Allergen-specific pattern recognition receptor pathways. Curr Opin Immunol. 2010 Dec;22(6):777-82.

Wills-Karp M, Kapsenberg M. Allergy and hypersensitivity. Curr Opin Immunol. 2010 Dec;22(6):775-6. 

Zhang X, Schmudde I, Laumonnier Y, Pandey MK, Clark JR, König P, Gerard NP, Gerard C, Wills-Karp M, Köhl J. A critical role for C5L2 in the pathogenesis of experimental allergic asthma. J Immunol. 2010 Dec 1;185(11):6741-52.

Lajoie S, Lewkowich IP, Suzuki Y, Clark JR, Sproles AA, Dienger K, Budelsky AL, Wills-Karp M. Complement-mediated regulation of the IL-17A axis is a central genetic determinant of the severity of experimental allergic asthma. Nat Immunol. 2010 Oct;11(10):928-35.