Dr. Paula Littlejohn, PhD, MHS
@Sistainscience
Postdoc @ubcmedicine @bcchresearch @koborlab & @brucevallance. Focus: nutrition, epigenetics | IBD, gut microbiome/resistome | Black in STEM |🇯🇲 🇨🇦💍✝️
Today I was officially hooded for my PhD 🧵1/5
Standing together for a cure. World IBD Day
World IBD Day is one week away! 💜🌍 On 19th May, we stand together for the 500,000 people in the UK living with Crohn’s or Colitis. This year, we’re talking about courage. Share what courage means to you! For resources and ideas visit: crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/get-involved/w… #WorldIBDDay
On #WorldIBDDay2025, we stand for open conversations around Inflammatory Bowel Disease - a silent battle for millions. IBD has no borders - and neither should care, empathy, or awareness. Let’s break the stigma, together. #IBDHasNoBorders #AIGCares #BreakTheSilence
Today is #WorldIBDDay and we join IBD warriors, health care providers, researchers, & caretakers to raise awareness & make #IBDvisible! Use these toolkits to help guide your care for patients. 💜 #Crohns toolkit: ow.ly/1kQQ50VUiMn. 💜 #UC toolkit: ow.ly/TGOy50VUiMm.
Tonight I had the pleasure of giving a talk at the Soroptimist White Rock International Women’s Day event where i spoke about what I call “My Ironman Approach: Assembling Your Career in Flight.” It was a great time meeting new people.
#InternationalWomensDay #blackwomenarewonderwomen
Proud to be a female scientist. Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science
Happy Black History Month ✊🏾. This month, as we do every month, we celebrate Black history and all the many accomplishments our people have made inside and outside of science. We are all Black history yall. We love our community and wish you all joy and peace 🖤
Thank you for this unexpected highlight!! @FW_FST has been an amazing experience. I’m looking forward to what’s next for 2025!
In February, Dr. Paula Littlejohn was selected to be part of the 2024 Falling Walls Female Science Talents Intensive Track program which offers year-long support to foster significant scientific breakthroughs. Read more: bcchr.info/4gAzx #BCCHR2024
Like I said in my own work, we truly need to start paying attention to AMRs in commensal microbes, including probiotics. Time to rethink AMR
#MicrobiologyMonday: Do probiotics spread antimicrobial resistance (AMR)? Streptomycin-resistant probiotics can transfer resistance to other bacteria when co-incubated on intestinal cells. The the fully story in @JournalSpectrum: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/sp…
Exploring the impact of metabolomics on non-communicable diseases! An eye-opening study shows that customized treatment based on metabolic changes can enhance patients' quality of life and possibly reduce healthcare costs. Unleashing the potential of precision medicine in…
Delving into the mysteries of early childhood development, exploring how psychosocial and biological factors intertwine. Let's grasp the unknown, especially in deprived settings. bit.ly/3AKp5KE #ChildDevelopment #PreschoolAge
Huge congrats to this amazing team 🎉🎉🎉🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Thank you CIRC for supporting our research!!
Agreed! See you there, if you know you know!
Sad to see #scienceTwitter & #academicTwitter leaving here😢 Years of sharing wonderful science, lab good news & getting to know many here before seeing ppl in-person. I don't plan to leave yet, but crosspost to LinkedIn & try 🔵☁️ again? Plz add me there if u figured it out!
I’m really excited to share my new Editorial published in @BMJNutrition on the challenges of diagnosing IBD in sub-Saharan Africa where underlying nutritional deficiencies poses a unique problem. nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/…
Did you know? Earlier studies found a deficiency of potassium in the diet can be related to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Stay informed, eat healthily! 🍌🥦 Check out the study: bit.ly/3A6X289 @arvindchopra60 #HealthFacts #DietAndHealth
Unlocking the complex relationship between Haptoglobin, Vitamin E and patient health: A deep dive on whether carriers of the Hp2-2 genotype might benefit from Vitamin E supplementation. 💊 🔬 Join us at the junction of genes, nutrition, and potential health improvements!…
Looking forward to this engaging workshop on Diversity and Equality in Science @Falling_Walls
Day 2: joining the main science sessions-today “science and politics.” Excellent, thought provoking discussions on politics from a science perspective and from a science-society-politics interaction. @Falling_Walls
I think this about sums it up for the Female Science Talents @FW_FST @Falling_Walls #womeninstem
