 Linda Larcombe is a broadly trained anthropologist whose research interests include archaeology, molecular anthropology, infectious diseases in contemporary and ancient human populations and cultural resource management. She has worked as a researcher and a consultant specializing in the prehistory and history of Arctic and subarctic Aboriginal Canadian populations.
Linda received her PhD in anthropology from the University of Manitoba in 2005. Her research focused on the analysis of the immunogenetics of contemporary and ancient Aboriginal populations in the context of the changes that occurred in the disease environment in North America during the historic period. Currently, Linda works closely with First Nation’s groups on community-based research projects involving archaeological investigations and research into genetic and environmental factors contributing infectious disease outbreaks in northern Canadian communities.
Linda is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Medical Microbiology and a Research Affiliate with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba.
Most recent publications:
Larcombe, L. Waruk, J., Schellenberg,J., Ormond, M.
2007 Rapid emergence of MRSA among children and adolescents in northern Manitoba, 2003-2006 Canadian Communicable Disease Report Vol. 33-02.
Larcombe, L., Nickerson, P., Hoppa, R.D. and Matheson, C.
2005 Detection of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the IL-6 promoter region of ancient nuclear DNA. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases Vol 5 (2): 117-122
Larcombe, L., Rempel, J., Dembinski, I., Tinckam, K., Rigatto, C. and Nickerson, P.
2005 Differential cytokine genotype frequencies among Canadian Aboriginal and Caucasian populations. Genes and Immunity. Vol.6: 140-144
Hoppa R.D., Allingham L., Brownlee K., Larcombe L. and Monks G.
2005 An Analysis of Two Archaic Burials from Manitoba: The Eriksdale Site (EfLI-1). Canadian Journal of Archaeology Vol. 29: 234–266
email: larcombe@mts.net
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