Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Jonathan Little, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor, and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus in Kelowna, BC. Dr. Little sits on the Biomedical and Basic Science Committee. 

Dr. Jonathan Little is an Associate Professor and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus in Kelowna, BC. Research in his laboratory spans from molecule-to-person-to-community with the overall goal of optimizing lifestyle interventions for the treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes. This research is important for individuals living with obesity as it helps to develop, and scientifically test, novel diet and exercise strategies that can reduce, or even reverse, cardiometabolic disease.