Department staff

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

Post doc. PhD. MSc in work- and organizational psychology. Current research is focused on knowledge governance and implementation processes in healthcare and social services. 

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.

Doctoral student at the Department for Epidemiology and Global Health. My research concerns young people's mental health and participation in civil society. 

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

I research and teach in global health and health economics.

Doctoral student at the Department of Epi­demiology and Global Health.

Research focus on weather and climate change impacts on human health in Sweden and in low- and middle-income countries.

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.

- 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.

Researcher in Epidemiology and Public Health. Main area of interest: 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 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.

Ida is a postdoctoral researcher and works at both Epidemiology and Global Health and at the Umeå Center for Gender Studies.

My research focuses on gender and health systems (especially sexual and reproductive health, violence against women and youth health) and innovative mixed methodologies research.

Sámi Traditional Healing, integration of scientific research (quantum physics) and traditional knowledge - Sámi and Chinese. PhDs in physics 1989 (USA) and in public health 2018 (Sweden).

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 student in health economics, working on CALYs - Capability-Adjusted Life Years. CALYs are based on Sen's capability approach and are used in the same ways as QALYs.

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.

My main research interest is temporal changes in Arctic/ Sami lifestyle factors from a food security perspective, and as triggers of low-grade inflammation and common uncommunicable diseases.

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. Lecturer in biostatistics and appointed as “Excellent teacher” in Umeå University’s pedagogical qualification model.

PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health. My research concerns social and contextual determinants of health and health inequalities, and I teach in Epidemiology and Global Health.

PhD student at the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health

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

Former police officer, now pursuing PhD-studies with focus on conflict management, mental health and personality.

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 weather and climate change impacts on human health

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.

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

Dental and global health researcher with expertise in coordination and management of health research projects especially European Union funded grants.

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