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