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
