Dr. Paula Littlejohn is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow co-supervised by Dr. Bruce Vallance and Dr. Michael Kobor at the University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute. She earned her Ph.D. in microbiology & immunology from UBC with Dr. Brett Finlay, specializing in early-life micronutrient deficiencies gut microbiome, resistome and host metabolism. In her postdoc, she explores micronutrient malnutrition, chromatin dynamics, and intestinal wound healing in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. She is recognized for her contributions and service through several awards, including two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. She was recently selected as one of 20 female scientists worldwide into the prestigious Falling Walls Female Science Talents Intensive Track for 2024. She is an active member of the Canadian Black Scientists Network, International Society of Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics and Canadian Nutrition Society. She is a recent Editorial team member at BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health. Her passion includes combatting anti-Black racism in STEM in research and academia.