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Jonathan Little

Jonathan Little PhD

Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Physiology and Biophysics
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

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Dr. Jonathan Little is an Assistant Professor in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, BC, Canada. He is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Scholar whose research focuses on optimizing diet and exercise interventions for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes.

He has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles in the areas of exercise metabolism, nutrition, immunology, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Within exercise physiology, a particular focus has been on studying the cardiometabolic benefits of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in individuals with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.

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