Leela McKinnon

PhD Student
l.mckinnon@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Evolutionary Anthropology
  • North America
  • South and Central America

Areas of Interest

Research Keywords
Evolution of Human Sleep; Genetics of SleepPhenotypes; Social Networks; Evolutionary Mismatch; Health Disparities; Urban-rural Gradient and Industrialization; Indigenous Communities

Research Regions
Equatorial regions

Working Dissertation

Supervisors

David Samson

Biography

Leela is interested in the evolution of human sleep, and how responses to environmental and social risk shape sleep patterns. She is also interested in the genetics of sleep and human social genomics. Read more about one of Leela's current research projects.

Cohort

  • 2018-2019