The Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, home to the Umeå International School of Public Health, conducts internationally recognised research on health challenges and solutions in diverse settings around the world. We connect global and local perspectives to understand the factors that shape health and generate knowledge that can contribute to healthier and more sustainable societies.
Research on how environmental and climate-related factors relate to and influence human health.
Research to understand and reduce health disparities and increase social justice within and between groups.
Research to understand and improve how societies organize themselves in achieving collective health goals.
This research seeks to understand how health and disease develop over time.
Research to generate evidence for practice and policy to support healthy and sustainable working lives.
Our researchers work across disciplines, geographical settings and levels of society. We bring together complementary perspectives and methodological approaches to address questions that require more than a single disciplinary lens. Much of our research is conducted through collaborations with a diverse range of universities, research institutions and organisations worldwide.