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Department of Diagnostics and Intervention

We conduct clinical and translational research and education at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level in nine different subject areas. We also conduct research at UFBI and research and teaching at the Knowledge Centre for Disaster Medicine (KcKM). Teaching is provided within the Medical Programme and the Biomedical Programme, the Biomedical Analyst Programme, the Biomedical Engineering master’s programme and the Programme for International Crisis and Conflict Management.

News

ukraina
Night-time evacuations, converted vehicles and civil defence services in a time of crisis

How prepared is the Swedish healthcare system if war breaks out? What can we learn from the war in Ukraine?

Rebecca Wiberg
Preventive Surgery Safe for Women with Hereditary Risk of Breast Cancer

Low risk of both subsequent breast cancer and surgical complication, new study shows.

Andreas Josefsson
The SPRINTR study receives 12 million

SPRINTR recieves 12 million kronor through the National Board of Health and Welfare.

Läkare med patient.
SPRINTR launches a consent solution

An electronic consent solution for research participants developed at Umeå University.

Kanadas ambassadör besöker Umeå universitet 12 mars 2026
Canada’s Ambassador visited Umeå University

Research, Indigenous perspectives and geopolitics in focus during the Ambassador’s visit to Umeå.

Maria Liljeholm, tillförordnad medicinskt ansvarig i Umeå Comprehensive Cancer Centre och adjungerad ledamot i nätverkets styrgrupp.
New national network strengthens cancer research in Umeå

Collaboration in Comprehensive Cancer Centres gives Umeå University opportunities to contribute to research.

Our subjects

anestesiologi och intensivvård
Anaesthesiology and intensive care

Anaesthesiology, or 'perioperative medicine', is the care of patients before, during and after their operation...

Medicinsk teknik och radiofysik
Biomedical engineering and Radiation Physics

Biomedical engineering and Radiation Physics integrate advanced technologies for the diagnosis and treatment o...

Klinisk fysiologi
Clinical physiology

Clinical physiology is a medical specialty that uses advanced techniques such as electrocardiography and ultra...

Diagnostisk radiologi
Diagnostic radiology

Radiology is an imaging and functional medicine speciality that uses advanced imaging techniques such as X-ray...

Hand och plastikkirurgi
Hand and plastic surgery

Hand and plastic surgery are medical specialities that focus on restoring function and form to the extremities...

Onkologi
Oncology

Oncology is the science of cancer, its diagnosis and treatment. Methods include advanced imaging and molecular...

Ortopedi
Orthopedics

Orthopedics focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries and diseases. O...

Kirurgi
Surgery

Surgery is the medical practice of curing and relieving diseases through manual interventions in the body. We ...

Urologi
Urology and andrology

Urology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the male urogenital system, including the kidney...

Centres and units

Umeå center for functional brain imaging

UFBI is an inter-disciplinary research center using imaging techniques to examine the brain.

Olycksplats
Knowledge Centre for Disaster Medicine

The Knowledge Centre in Disaster Medicine (KcKM) is a centre f knowledge in the field of disaster medicine. We...

Rondellen mellan NUS och Campus Umeå
About the department

The Department of Diagnostics and Intervention is led by our Head of Department Tufve Nyholm. He is assisted b...

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Education

The Department of Diagnostics and Intervention provides undergraduate education in several programmes, mainly ...

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