{"id":579,"date":"2026-07-02T14:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=579"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:43:07","slug":"jenny-bruin","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/people\/jenny-bruin\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Bruin"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jenny Bruin is an Associate Professor in\u00a0the\u00a0Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry\u00a0at Carleton University\u00a0and holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Human Metabolic Disease. She is also a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellow.\u00a0Bruin\u00a0completed a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Toxicology at the University of Guelph and a PhD in Reproductive Toxicology at McMaster University before undertaking postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bruin\u2019s research focuses on diabetes pathogenesis, with particular expertise in islet biology, pancreas&nbsp;development&nbsp;and toxicology. Her laboratory investigates how environmental factors, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals, affect pancreatic islets and contribute to the development of diabetes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her research program has been supported by a wide range of national organizations, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Diabetes Canada, Breakthrough T1D, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Institute of Regenerative Medicine.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to her scientific contributions, Bruin is committed to advancing equity, diversity&nbsp;and inclusion in research and is a co-author of Striving for Inclusive Excellence in Science Research: A Pocket Guide. Through her research,&nbsp;mentorship&nbsp;and leadership, she contributes to strengthening Carleton\u2019s research impact and culture of excellence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":580,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Jenny","cu_people_last_name":"Bruin","cu_people_initials":"JB","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[42],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-579","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-research-and-scholarly-impact"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Associate Professor (Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry) ","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1178,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/579\/revisions\/1178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=579"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}