Matthew Little, University of Guelph

Research

Child Development Environmental Contaminants Environmental Health Epidemiology Food Security Global Health Marine Foods Pregnancy

Latest papers

Vaccine efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 for Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca vaccines: a systematic review.
Frontiers in public health · 2023 · senior author
Sociodemographic factors associated with knowledge of type 2 diabetes in rural Tamil Nadu, India.
Rural and remote health · 2022 · senior author
Drivers and health implications of the dietary transition among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic: a scoping review.
Public health nutrition · 2021 · first author

All 11 publications

Latest funding

The effects of nutrient intake and contaminant exposure on developmental health among coastal populations in a changing climate: Priority and agenda setting
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$20,000
Climate Change and Indigenous Food System, Food Security, and Food Safety (Climate Change IFS3)
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000

All 2 grants and awards

11 publications.

01

Vaccine efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 for Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca vaccines: a systematic review.

Reynolds L, Dewey C, Asfour G, Little M

Frontiers in public health2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1229716 PMID: 37942238

02

Sociodemographic factors associated with knowledge of type 2 diabetes in rural Tamil Nadu, India.

MacDonald H, Papadopoulos A, Dewey C, Humphries S, Dodd W, Patel K, Little M

Rural and remote health2022Senior author

DOI: 10.22605/rrh6855 PMID: 35051341

03

Drivers and health implications of the dietary transition among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic: a scoping review.

Little M, Hagar H, Zivot C, Dodd W, Skinner K, Kenny TA, Caughey A, Gaupholm J, Lemire M

Public health nutrition2021First author

DOI: 10.1017/s1368980020002402 PMID: 32914743

04

Seasonal variations in exposure to methylmercury and its dietary sources among pregnant Inuit women in Nunavik, Canada.

Pontual MM, Ayotte P, Little M, Furgal C, Boyd AD, Muckle G, Avard E, Ricard S, Gauthier MJ, Sidi EA, Lemire M

The Science of the total environment2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143196 PMID: 33183817

05

Socio-demographic patterning of the individual-level double burden of malnutrition in a rural population in South India: a cross-sectional study.

Little M, Humphries S, Dodd W, Patel K, Dewey C

BMC public health2020First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-08679-5 PMID: 32404080

06

Burden and Determinants of Anemia in a Rural Population in South India: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Little M, Zivot C, Humphries S, Dodd W, Patel K, Dewey C

Anemia2018First author

DOI: 10.1155/2018/7123976 PMID: 30112198

07

Determinants of internal migrant health and the healthy migrant effect in South India: a mixed methods study.

Dodd W, Humphries S, Patel K, Majowicz S, Little M, Dewey C

BMC international health and human rights2017

DOI: 10.1186/s12914-017-0132-4 PMID: 28899374

08

Decoding the Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic in Rural India.

Little M, Humphries S, Patel K, Dewey C

Medical anthropology2017First author

DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2016.1231676 PMID: 27644458

09

Self-reported morbidity and health service utilization in rural Tamil Nadu, India.

Dodd W, King N, Humphries S, Little M, Dewey C

Social science & medicine (1982)2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.05.035 PMID: 27285663

10

Factors associated with glucose tolerance, pre-diabetes, and type 2 diabetes in a rural community of south India: a cross-sectional study.

Little M, Humphries S, Patel K, Dodd W, Dewey C

Diabetology & metabolic syndrome2016First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13098-016-0135-7 PMID: 26958082

The effects of nutrient intake and contaminant exposure on developmental health among coastal populations in a changing climate: Priority and agenda setting

Nominated PICIHR2018Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Little, Matthew R

Keywords: Child Development; Environmental Contaminants; Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Food Security; Global Health; Marine Foods; Pregnancy; Social And Cultural Determinants Of Health; Zoonotic Disease

$20,000

Climate Change and Indigenous Food System, Food Security, and Food Safety (Climate Change IFS3)

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Team Grant: Environments and Health: Intersectoral Prevention Research

Principal investigators: Harper, Sherilee L; Durand López-Hurtado, Eduardo J; Edge, Victoria L; Kokunda, Sylvia; Minaya Léon, Percy L; Namanya, Didacus B; Shiwak, Anthony; Snook, Jamie L; Wood, Michele; Berrang Ford, Lea; Carcamo, César; Cunsolo, Ashlee; Ford, James D; Garcia, Patricia; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer A; Lwasa, Shuaib; New, Mark; Sargeant, Janice M; Wolfrey, Charlotte

Keywords: Adaptation; Climate Change; Climate Policy; Community-Based, Participatory Research (Cbpr); Ecohealth And Onehealth; Food Safety; Food Security; Food Systems; Indigenous Peoples Health; Indigenous Ways Of Knowing

$2,000,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Population Medicine
School of Public Health Sciences
Médecine sociale et préventive
Public Health
Ecole de psychologie
School of Public Health and Health Systems

Co-authors at University of Guelph, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Matthew Little

Public Health

5 shared papers, latest 2023

Warren Dodd

School of Public Health Sciences

5 shared papers, latest 2022

Kelly Skinner

School of Public Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Tiff-Annie Kenny

Médecine sociale et préventive

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Mélanie Lemire

Médecine sociale et préventive

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Gina Muckle

Ecole de psychologie

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Andrew Papadopoulos

Population Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Shannon Majowicz

School of Public Health and Health Systems

1 shared papers, latest 2017

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