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Department of Epidemiology and Global Health

The Department of Epidemiology and Global Health is an international, multidisciplinary research and teaching environment located within Umeå University’s Faculty of Medicine. Founded in 1986, we now have around 80 people from all over the world working in the department, with a shared mission to contribute to equitable and sustainable improvements in health and welfare across the globe.

Global Health Action and Somali Health Action Journal and Community Systems for Health

The Department hosts the peer-reviewed journals Global Health Action and SHAJ - Somali Health Action Journal  and Journal of Community Systems for Health 

Featured Stories

Social Infrastructure for Inclusion: A New Research Project Connects Villages in Sweden, Austria, and Australia

Researchers explore how villages boost social inclusion with meeting places and local drive.

Sveriges klimat- och miljöminister Romina Pourmokhtari besökte Umeå universitet och mötte forskare.
Meeting with Minister focused on climate and commitment

Minister for Climate and Environment visited Umeå University and met with researchers and students.

Isabel Goicolea
A week free from violence

A week free from violence is focused on preventing male violence

News

Social Infrastructure for Inclusion
Published: 2025-06-12

Researchers explore how villages boost social inclusion with meeting places and local drive.

Meeting with Minister focused on climate and commitment
Published: 2025-05-22

Minister for Climate and Environment visited Umeå University and met with researchers and students.

A week free from violence
Published: 2024-11-19

A week free from violence is focused on preventing male violence

Umeå researchers awarded for study on sexual violence against Sámi women
Published: 2024-11-19

Researchers awarded a prize by a Norwegian journal for their study on sexual violence against Sámi women