Department staff

Project assistant conducting research on the access to sexual and reproductive health of young migrants. Sociologist. 

Programme Administrator of the Public Health Programmes. Secretary for the Programme council PRPH. Administration in Selma, student support & course administration.

Head of the Dept. of Epidemiology and Global Health. Areas of interest: international health policy and systems research, community based health systems and primary health care, and migrant health.

Research interests includes youth mental health and leisure. Currently conducting research on Sweden's youth clinics, and initiatives for youth that are neither in employment, education or training.

Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences. MD with specialist training in Paediatrics and a PhD in Paediatrics.

I research and teach in health economics and global health.

Doctoral student at the Department of Epi­demiology and Global Health.

Licentiate-student at Dep Epidemiology and Global health, with a background as a journalist.

Senior lecturer in Economics. PhD in Public Health, particularly issues on health financing in low and middle income countries, e.g. how to pro­tect households from cata­strophic health expenditure.

I am interested in who lives in, who works in, and who visits small rural areas, and what this means for 'good lives' in sparsely populated areas.

- Research focus on support structures for development and change, mainly in public organizations - Grounded in work- and organizational psychology - Also employed by KI (LIME/MMC)

Study Administrator and Program Councelor of the Public Health Programme. Working with student support and course administration.

My main research and teaching interests include Migrant Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Mixed Methods, Health Services Research among others.

Senior Lecturer in Public Health. Main area of interest: public health, gender-based violence, reproductive health, disability, and population ageing in Sweden and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Docent in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Associate Professor in Health Economics. Teacher in biostatistics and health economics. Leading projects focusing on work and health economics.

At the heart of my public health research and teaching lies a practice-oriented and collaborative focus, aimed at contributing knowledge that reach those that might need and make use of it.

Statistician, Data Scientist and IT responsible at the Department

Teaching in health promotion, health promoting health services and qualitative methodology. Research areas are health promotion, prevention, implementation and collaboration/integration.

Statistician, associate professor and docent in cancer epidemiology.

I do research on LGBTQ people's experiences of health and healthcare and also on broader questions about gender, sexual health and healthcare systems.

My research interests are in gender relations, men’s violence against women, young people’s health and sexual and reproductive rights. 

Political scientist and researcher focusing on the politics of safety, gender equality and violence against Sámi women, from feminist and postcolonial perspectives. 

Postdoc in Sociology with background in Medical Anthropology, Epidemiology & Global Health. Interested in social network research and the construction of vulnerabilities across the adult life course.

I am the administrative coordinator at the department.

My duties consist of staff issues and overall administration at the department. I also participate in the management team's work.

I support and develop the process of applying for external research funding, and review draft applications. I also teach writing research funding applications.

PhD, researcher in epidemiology and public health.

Deputy head of the Department and chair of the Program Council for the Master Programs in Public Health (PRPH). Research mainly in health economics and health related preventive actions.

Researcher. PhD in Public Health at Umeå University in 2013. Lecture in Qualitative Methodology and Nutrition. Research on Weight maintenance, Risk communication and Interventions.

Professor in Health eco­nomics. Studies on equity in health economic evaluation and the use of epidemiological data in the distribu­tion of health care resources.

Senior Professor in Epidemi­ology and Family Medicine.

Since 2013 I work at Arctic Centre. My main research interest is temporal changes in Arctic/ Sami lifestyle factors from a food security perspective, and as a determinant of health.

My research concerns policy- and implementation processes in health systems. I have particular interest for questions in the cross-section between psychology, governance and public health.

My research is in the field of climate change and health. My main interest is climate adaptation, climate communication and policy development.

Associate professor in epidemiology and biostatistics. Appointed as “Distinguished" UmU teacher. Contributes with methodological support within several public health science projects.

I am a researcher in Global Health and my qualifications are BSc Food Science & Industry, MSc Public Health, MSc Food & Nutrition, and PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health.

M.D, MSc, PhD in Public Health

Main areas of interest: teaching, supervision and research on socioeconomic inequalities of health and health systems strengthening

Research about implementation, development and learning processes in organisations

Visiting Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health with a research interest in ageing and disability, chronic non-communicable diseases, behavioural change and implementation research. 

I do research on:

1. Quantifying the risk of complications in COVID-19 patients

2. Assessing the effect of weather types on health outcomes

Researcher and lecturer in epidemiology and social epidemiology.

I am a teaching and learning researcher with a special interest in all forms of social inequalities in health and health care.

Licensed psychologist and researcher focusing on Indigenous peoples' health and mens' health, espescially mental health and suicide in Sápmi and the Arctic.

A global public health professional, scientific research manager, and coordinator. Expert in coordinating European Union funded health research projects.

Financial coordinator, works with budgeting, economic planning and accounting

Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health.

Health Outcomes Researcher & Health Economist & Real-World Evidence

Financial administrator, responsible for supplier and customer invoices, payments, project reporting and follow-up.

PhD research education administrator.

I work with web and communication, research courses, Phd administration,  project administration, and publication database DiVA.

Medical data manager