Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary Alberta, Canada
● Associate professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
● Invited member of the Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists in November 2023
● UCalgary Research Excellence Chair in June 2023
● Killam Emerging Research Leader Awardee in October 2020
● New Investigator Award, SickKids Foundation and CIHR in November 2018
● Part of the Top 40 under 40, Avenue Magazine, Calgary in November 2017
● Her research program examines the interactions between the early-life gut microbiome and the infant’s immune, metabolic and neurological development. Her research group also examines the causality and mechanisms of these associations in mouse models of inflammation.
● First or senior author for works published in leading journals such as Gut, Science Translational Medicine, Cell Host and Microbe and Nature Communications.
● Author of the best-selling public book, Let Them Eat Dirt, and is involved in several science communication initiatives within Canada and abroad, including public talks, international medical education and a documentary film project to advocate science communication to the public.
