Department staff

Lifestylemedicine Österåsen, Director, PhD.

Physiotherapist and works as an ergonomist at Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Region Västerbotten. Conducts research within ergonomics.

PhD student focusing on child participation and knowledge development in collaboration between schools, healthcare, and social services.

I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of public health and clinical medicine, and affiliated to the Department of community medicine and rehabilitation.

Performs research and evaluations of scientific data concerning human health effects of exposure to metals or indoor air pollution (trichloramine).

Researcher in physical activity, occupational health and geriatrics. 

I study the impact of various ambient or working environment factors on human health. My main research area has been epidemiological studies of ambient air pollution and respiratory health.

Associate Professor in epidemiology, Senior consultant.

My project examines how a transition from work in cell offices to activity-based offices affects the health, productivity, satisfaction and work environment of the employees.

Investigating environmental risk factors for developing multiple sklerosis as well as the risks of adverse health effects from working with vibrating tools.

Researcher and teacher at the Unit of Police Work at Umeå University & IPA, Södertörns University. Phd in Public Health and Epidemiology. Former police and instructor in police conflict management. 

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

Researcher in Health Economics & Outcomes Researcher (HEOR) and Real-World Evidence (RWE). As a SHEA and EuroQol member, she is comitted to research on both national and international scale.

Senior lecturer and associate professor researching vibration injuries in working life.

 MD, professor emeritus of Public Health, specialist in Social Medicine. Research in social epidemiology (unemployment, social deprivation).

The primary concern of my research is to examine the effect of environmental hazards on health. I am also looking at the effect of long term exposure of air pollution on dementia