Professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Room 531A Basic Medical Sciences Building
745 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W2
Phone: 204-975-7726
Fax: 204-789-3926
linda.larcombe@umanitoba.ca
@genearchmb
Linda Larcombe, MA, PhD
Cross-appointments
- Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine
- Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine
- Adjunct, Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba
Research summary
Dr. Linda Larcombe is a broadly trained anthropologist and archaeologist whose research interests include medical and molecular anthropology, infectious diseases in contemporary and ancient human populations, cultural resource management and determinants of health.
Dr. Larcombe is dedicated to involving Indigenous peoples in health research, employing culturally sensitive methodologies and bolstering research capacity within these communities.
Research interests
- Community-based research with Indigenous people and organizations
- Gene variants and immune function
- Northern housing
- Social determinants of health (housing, land, and health)
- Tuberculosis and HIV
- Vitamin D
Research groups
Biography
Brief bio
Dr. Linda Larcombe, a professor at the Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, is a trained anthropologist with expertise in First Nations history, health, and collaborative research.
Dr. Larcombe received her PhD in anthropology from the University of Manitoba in 2005. Her PhD research focused on the analysis of the immunogenetics of contemporary and ancient Indigenous populations in the context of the changes that occurred in the disease environment in North America during the historic period.
Dr. Larcombe has worked as a researcher and consultant specializing in the prehistory and history of Arctic and subarctic First Nation and Inuit people. She has partnered with First Nations to investigate the social, biologic, environmental and genetic risk factors for infectious diseases.
Education
- Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba
- PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba
- Master of Arts, Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Department of Anthropology, University of Winnipeg
Awards
- President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) under the National Housing Strategy (2018)
Contact us
Internal Medicine
Room GC430, Health Sciences Centre
820 Sherbrook Street
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9 Canada
204-787-7772
204-787-4826