Our Team

Kelsey E. Huus, Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition Sciences
University of Ottawa CRC Tier 2 Candidate

I’m a microbiologist with a passion for gut microbiome, nutrition, immunology, and human health. I obtained a PhD in Microbiology & Immunology from the University of British Columbia in 2021, working with Prof. Brett Finlay on the role of microbiome-immune interactions in child undernutrition. As a post-doc, I joined Prof. Ruth Ley at the Max Planck Institute for Biology, Germany, where I established and led the µHEAT study on diet-microbiome interactions and human vaccine responses. I’m absolutely delighted to return home to the University of Ottawa as a newly minted PI.

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UPDATE: Hiring for the advertised MSc/PhD positions is currently paused due to the high volume of applicants.

Why join the Huus Lab?

Enjoy the beauty of Canada’s capital city, study at a uniquely bilingual (French-English) university, and benefit from cutting-edge resources in both nutrition and biomedical sciences - it’s win-win! In addition to the excellent environment, Dr. Huus has experience mentoring students from undergrad to PhD, with a great track record of completed theses and publications by her trainees. She firmly believes in supporting students to develop as independent scientists, and is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, collaborative research group - the kind of group that has each other’s backs both in and out of the lab.