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Kelsey Johnson

Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

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Education and Training

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI — B.S. — 05/2012 — Zoology
  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA — Ph.D. — 12/2019 — Cell and Molecular Biology
  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN — Postdoc — 12/2024 — Human Genetics, Genomics

Publications

  • Insulin resistance is associated with mammary mitochondrial dysfunction at the onset of human lactation. J Clin Invest. 2026 Aug 13.. View in PubMed
  • Gestational diabetes, human milk oligosaccharide concentrations, and their links to infant weight gain and the gut microbiome in a United States observational cohort. Am J Clin Nutr. 2026 Apr; 123(4):101235.. View in PubMed
  • Maternal Physical Activity and Its Relationship to the Human Milk Metabolome and Infant Body Composition. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 12 18; 111(1):129-138.. View in PubMed
  • Assembly of the infant gut microbiome and resistome are linked to bacterial strains in mother’s milk. Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 22; 16(1):11536.. View in PubMed
  • Genomics of host-microbiome interactions in humans. Nat Rev Genet. 2026 Jan; 27(1):62-80.. View in PubMed
  • Gestational Diabetes, the Human Milk Metabolome, and Infant Growth and Adiposity. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 12 02; 7(12):e2450467.. View in PubMed
  • Human milk variation is shaped by maternal genetics and impacts the infant gut microbiome. Cell Genom. 2024 10 09; 4(10):100638.. View in PubMed
  • Human cytomegalovirus in breast milk is associated with milk composition and the infant gut microbiome and growth. Nat Commun. 2024 07 23; 15(1):6216.. View in PubMed
  • Assembly, stability, and dynamics of the infant gut microbiome are linked to bacterial strains and functions in mother’s milk. bioRxiv. 2024 Jan 28.. View in PubMed
  • Importance of human milk for infants in the clinical setting: Updates and mechanistic links. Nutr Clin Pract. 2023 Oct; 38.. View in PubMed

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