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 positions is currently paused due to the high volume of applicants.
The Huus Lab is not currently hiring in other positions.

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.