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Julian Little

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Full ProfessorSchool of Epidemiology and Public HealthUniversity of Ottawa

Julian Little

Full Professor

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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98 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 21 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Academic metrics

222

Publications

764

Citations

h-index

203

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Epidemiology Living Evidence Synthesis Screening Adherence To Clinical Guideline Antenatal Care Delivery Cluster Randomized Trial Decision Support Tool Digital Platform

Latest papers

Self-perceived mental health among Canadian adolescents and young adults with asthma: Insights from a national cross-sectional study.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2026
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, vitamin D, and risk of preterm birth in a Canadian cohort.
Environmental research · 2026
Choline status and related health outcomes in humans: A scoping review.
Nutrition and health · 2026 · senior author

All 222 publications

Latest funding

A cluster randomized controlled trial of BornFyne Prenatal Management System digital platform to support reproductive maternal care delivery in Cameroon.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$451,352
Breaking barriers: exploration of behavioural, social, and organizational factors influencing vaccine uptake among long-term care home residents
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Generating preliminary data for living evidence syntheses on childhood cancer etiology and survival
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$6,000

All 28 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 222 publications.

Self-perceived mental health among Canadian adolescents and young adults with asthma: Insights from a national cross-sectional study.

Alami A, Little J, Zwerling A, Abdul SA, Chen Y, Krewski D

The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma2026

DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2026.2660321 PMID: 41995826

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, vitamin D, and risk of preterm birth in a Canadian cohort.

Fisher M, Owen J, Marro L, Potter B, Weiler HA, England-Mason G, Borghese MM, Walker M, Dodds L, Helewa M, Arbuckle TE, Lanphear B, von Dadelszen P, Simpson A, Little J, Ashley-Martin J

Environmental research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2026.124999 PMID: 42288278

Choline status and related health outcomes in humans: A scoping review.

Yoo S, Aoun A, Montazeri A, Collins E, Little J

Nutrition and health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/02601060261430655 PMID: 41847819

Folate and global health: part 5. syntheses on neuropsychiatric disorders.

Yoo S, Montazeri A, Bennett D, Bo Y, Chen P, Duthie S, Jensen N, Kaminga A, Lai JS, Li X, MacFarlane AJ, Martinez H, McNulty H, Momoli F, Mossey P, Munger R, Parajuli RP, Kent MP, Rubini M, Senekal M, Sikora L, Stintzi A, Theodoratou E, Wang H, Yaktine A, Little J

Journal of global health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.7189/jogh.16.04286 PMID: 42606922

Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola and Marburg disease: a series of rapid reviews.

Shaver N, Pham B, Vyas N, Collins E, Bennett A, Beck A, Skidmore B, Grossman MR, Cormack GV, Mishra S, Chan AK, Moher D, Brouwers M, Tricco AC, Willet V, Dixit D, Baller A, Little J

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115610 PMID: 42425577

Folate and global health review series, part 4: syntheses on folate and autoimmune diseases and skeletal outcomes.

Journal of global health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.7189/jogh.16.04257 PMID: 42396914

A Reporting Guideline for Observational Studies in Metabolomic Epidemiology: Explanation and Elaboration of the Strobe-MetEpi Checklist.

Kelly RS, Reinke SN, Lorentzen G, Chatziioannou AC, Loo RL, Brennan L, Jensen MK, Colicino E, van Vorstenbosch R, Alizadeh Bahmani AH, Checa A, Darst BF, Gallart-Ayala H, Liao SY, Siddiqui S, Valdivia-Garcia MA, Wijeyesekera A, Broadhurst D, Moore SC, Ebbels T, Egger M, Goodacre R, Little J, Wheelock CE, Lasky-Su J

Research square2026

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9928764/v1 PMID: 42396500

Barriers and facilitators for return-to-work following post-COVID-19 condition: A scoping review.

Shaver N, Dahroug L, Vyas N, McGuire M, Tahsin A, Adedunye D, Gauthier S, Sterling E, Collins E, Hughes SE, Rafferty AM, Rafferty E, Groot G, Laframboise W, Mann C, Bhereur A, Edwards J, McQuillan R, Theodoratou E, Edjoc R, Little J

Work (Reading, Mass.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/10519815261454982 PMID: 42233731

Folate and global health review series, part 3: syntheses on cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and metabolic diseases.

Yoo S, Montazeri A, Bennett D, Bo Y, Chen P, Duthie S, Jensen N, Kaminga A, Lai JS, Li X, MacFarlane AJ, Martinez H, McNulty H, Momoli F, Munger R, Parajuli RP, Kent MP, Rubini M, Senekal M, Sikora L, Stintzi A, Theodoratou E, Wang H, Yaktine A, Little J

Journal of global health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.7189/jogh.16.04160 PMID: 42100908

[Not Available].

Dewidar O, Shamseer L, Melendez-Torres GJ, Akl EA, Ramke J, Wang X, Oloyede O, Young T, Nicholls SG, Marshall Z, Kennedy M, Hardy BJ, Rizvi A, Ghogomu E, Rader T, Waddington HS, Shea B, Nguilefem MN, Ellingwood H, Wolfenden L, Tufte J, Horsley T, Pottie K, Cuervo LG, Juando-Prats C, Feng C, Sharp MK, Little J, Owusu-Addo E, Francis D, Kredo T, Mahande MJ, Chamberlain C, Pantoja T, von Elm E, Bhutta ZA, Tugwell P, Wiysonge CS, Funnell S, Jull J, Mbuagbaw L, Welch V

Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health2026

DOI: 10.26633/rpsp.2026.37 PMID: 41947917

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Julian Little

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Self-perceived mental health among Canadian adolescents and young adults with asthma: Insights from a national cross-sectional study.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, vitamin D, and risk of preterm birth in a Canadian cohort.

Choline status and related health outcomes in humans: A scoping review.

Folate and global health: part 5. syntheses on neuropsychiatric disorders.

Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola and Marburg disease: a series of rapid reviews.

Folate and global health review series, part 4: syntheses on folate and autoimmune diseases and skeletal outcomes.

A Reporting Guideline for Observational Studies in Metabolomic Epidemiology: Explanation and Elaboration of the Strobe-MetEpi Checklist.

Barriers and facilitators for return-to-work following post-COVID-19 condition: A scoping review.

Folate and global health review series, part 3: syntheses on cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and metabolic diseases.

[Not Available].

Frequent collaborators

Kumanan Wilson

Pranesh Chakraborty

David Moher

Steven Hawken

Vivian Welch

Mark Walker

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Peter Tugwell

Tanya Horsley

Billie-Jo Hardy

Sarah Funnell

Melissa Brouwers

Daniel Krewski

Doug Coyle

Janet Jull

Beverley Shea

Sarah Funnell

George Wells

Elizabeth Kristjansson

Brian Hutton

Clara Juando-Prats

Franco Momoli

Jeremy Grimshaw

Zack Marshall

Beth Potter

Shiliang Liu

Janet Jull

Janet Jull

Murray Alexander Potter

Mandy Fisher

Zulfiqar Bhutta

Lise Dubois

Alain Stintzi

Ingeborg Zehbe

Sylvia Stockler

Elie Akl

Kevin Pottie

Monica Taljaard

Navindra Persaud

Jennifer MacKenzie