Megan B Brickley
Professor, Anthropology

Research & Supervisory Interests
As the former Tier One Canada Research Chair in The Bioarchaeology of Human Disease, I have firmly established myself as a world expert on the paleopathology of metabolic bone disease, with particular recognition for my work on rickets and osteomalacia. I led work on the first explicit investigation of co-occurrence of metabolic disease and my team recently established a framework for consideration of anemia in archaeological human remains. My work is interdisciplinary and dynamic. In addition to an ongoing research program on aspects of metabolic conditions and trauma, several other projects are underway. All work has been undertaken with my team of graduate students and there are further openings for graduates wishing to join us.
Dr. Brickley will be accepting graduate students for entry into the program in September 2025 and is interested in hearing from potential applicants at both the Masters and PhD levels. She is currently working on reporting on the skeletons of people who died between 1827 and 1853 who were buried at the Guelph Public Burial Ground before they are re-buried at the Woodlawn cemetery. Recent SSHRC-funded work exploring the intimate relationship between maternal and fetal health will likely be extended to those from Guelph. These and other projects in my lab offer unique opportunities for you to make a significant contribution to groundbreaking research in the field.
For those at the PhD level, I encourage you to get in touch with a basic outline of the type of research you would like to undertake for a thesis project. I supervise students with wider research interests than those above, providing opportunities to contribute to ongoing work in my lab and broaden your experience and skill sets.