Department staff

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

PhD student specializing in health economics and outcome research, engaging in research and teaching related to complex interventions, health technology assessments, and economic evaluations.

Education administrator for the Programmes in Public Health. 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 stationed at University of Newcastle, Australia as a postodoctoral fellow.

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

PhD

Associate Professor in Health Economics

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

PhD-candidate with a background in health economics & public health. Currently researching how society can better support young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs).

Program Coordinator, Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society

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.

Education administrator and program councelor for the Master`s programme in public health. Student support and course administration.

MD, MPH, PhD

Staff scientist at the department of Epidemiology and Global Health

Contact person for the International Mukwege Chair

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. Work environment and fire safety representative at the department.

Research fellow and docent in Public Health. Coordinator for courses in health promotion and public health evaluation.

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.

Professor of Public Health

Responsible for Research Education

PhD in Political Science. My research focuses on the governing of social and political problems such as safety, gender equality and gendered violence, from feminist & (post)colonial 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.

Health economist, working on CALY-SWE for measuring capability-related quality of life. Expertise in statistical software R, systematic reviews & open science. CALY-SWE questionnaire: www.caly.se

PhD, researcher in epidemiology and public health.

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.

PhD in Public Health.

Part of the research group Lávvuo – research and education for Sámi health at the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health.

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

Director of Studies. Associate professor in epidemiology and biostatistics. Appointed as “Distinguished" UmU teacher. Research mainly in conditions for childrens health.

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

Professor 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.

Professor of Epidemiology with focus on Social Epidemiology

Docent of Public Health

Assistant and Deputy Head of Department of Epidemiology and Global Health

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.

Researcher in Health Economics and outcomes researcher (HEOR). As a EuroQol and EORTC member, she is comitted to research in patient-reported outcomes on an international scale. 

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

PhD research education administrator.

Medical data manager