Dr. Marie Claire Arrieta

Author

Marie-Claire Arrieta

Professor at the Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology and Pediatrics, University of Calgary, and UCalgary Research Excellence Chair
Major Achievements:
- Over $13M in research funding; h-index of 40 with 11,000+ citations
- Supervisor of over 40 trainees across career stages
- Leader of the Alberta BLOOM Study on microbiome development in preterm infants
- Published in Nature Communications, Cell Host & Microbe, Gut, and Science Translational Medicine
- Author of best-selling public science book Let Them Eat Dirt
- Recipient of numerous awards, including the CIHR–SickKids New Investigator Award (2018), Killam Emerging Research Leader Award (2020), and election to the Royal Society of Canada (2023)
Current Interests:
- Translational research on the early-life gut microbiome and its role in immune, metabolic, and neurodevelopmental health
- Development of microbiome-informed interventions in pediatrics
- Science communication and medical education

5 Articles

3 Videos

3 Publications

Articles from this author

The Nest 58 - PT

The Nest 58: Marcos relevantes: Como o desenvolvimento precoce do microbioma influencia a saúde imunitária e metabólica

The Nest 58 - ES

The Nest 58: Hitos que cambian vidas: Cómo influye el desarrollo temprano del microbioma en la salud inmunológica y metabólica

Microbiome Maturation Trajectory and Key Milestones in Early Life

Microbiome Maturation Trajectory and Key Milestones in Early Life

NNIW101 - Nutrition, Microbiome and Health: Latest Findings and Future Research

Microbiome maturation trajectory and key milestones in early life

The Nest 52: The microbiome and synergies in the gut

How first foods shape microbiota

Videos from this author

PPPP Q&A

Q&A - Milestones That Matter: How Early Microbiome Development Shapes Immune and Metabolic Health

Milestones and Momentum in Early Microbiome Development

Milestones and Momentum in Early Microbiome Development

Marie Claire Arrieta

The bloom of microbes and immune development in early life

Publications from this author

The Nest 58

The Nest 58: Milestones That Matter: How Early Microbiome Development Shapes Immune and Metabolic Health

Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)

Annales 82.2 - Nutrition, Microbiome and Health

The Nest 52: The microbiome and synergies in the gut

The Nest 52: The microbiome and synergies in the gut