Staff

Associate Professor and Senior Consultant in Dermatology and Venereology

Senior Semester Ccordinator 

Professor and Senior Consultant in Internal and Respiratory Medicine.

Head of Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine.

General practitioner at Ånge Health Center and involved in medical education in the subject General Medicine. Researches lifestyle habits and how healthcare can help patients to a healthier lifestyle.

MD PhD

Associate Professor and specialist in Family Medicine.

Director of the National Research School in General Practice.  

PhD student lead by Urban Hellman. My project focuses on the role of glucose metabolism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Associate professor and Senior cunsultant in Rheumatology

Ph.D and University Resident in Cardiology.

Principal Investigator at the Dept. of Public Health and Clinical Medicine and the Dept. of Clinical Microbiology.

MD PhD

Associate Professor in Pulmonary Medicine

PhD student in rheumatology and junior doctor

Senior professor with renal medicine focus.

I am an Associate Professor in Physiotherapy and work as a university lecturer at the Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, at the Physiotherapy Program.

Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine. My research is based on the OLIN studies and the Swedish National Airway Register (SNAR), focusing on asthma, COPD, and respiratory epidemiology.

I am a general practitioner and a doctoral student in the field of rheumatology.

My research interest concerns health psychology with research interest in the role of psychological processes in behavioural change and risk communication in cardiovascular prevention.

My research is focused on identifying mechanisms the underlie development and remission of typ 2 diabetes.

Sexually transmitted infections (STI) from different points of view

Erosive Lichen Planus a generalized disease and not just a skin- and mucosal disease?

Senior lecturer and chief physician in internal medicine and specialist in clinical pharmacology.
Teaches and researches in the field of vascular diseases, obesity and drug epidemiology.

My research is about physical activity, sedentary behavior and associated health effects.

MD. FESC.

Researcher and project leader within the Obstructive Lung Disease in Northern Sweden (OLIN)  Studies, an epidemiological research program ongoing since 1985.

I work as a communicator in the Department of Diagnostics and Intervention. 

Specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Consultant at the Heart Center, NUS, and researcher at Public Health and Clinical Medicine.

Researcher with focus on Lipedema, a relatively unknown disease that affects women. Additionally, clinically active as an M.D. at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology.

Researcher in pulmonary medicine.

Endocrinologist with research focus type 2 diabetes

Responsible for internal and external communiation at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine.

I work with HR-administration at the Department of public health and clinical medicine and Department of diagnostics and intervention. 

Epidemiological research on risk factors for venous thromboembolism with a focus on lifestyle factors and research on cancer-associated venous thromboembolism.

MD, PhD

Senior lecturer and general practitioner

PhD student and fellow physician in internal medicine and endocrinology.

Conducting studies on cortisol-related disorders with focus on improved diagnostic accuracy using saliva.

Appointed Arctic Six Chair 2026-2028 for the Arctic Centre at Umeå University

Real-world evidence, Societal impact of medicine, Lifestyle medicine, Ethics, Psoriasis & Melanoma.

Assoc professor, MD, PhD in Family Medicine and Epidemiology. Focus on  VIPVIZA, a population-based pragmatic prospective randomized trial on prevention of cardiovascular diseases in primary care.

The aim of my research is to investigate behavioral changes and health effects from a mHealth (mobile health) intervention focusing on reducing occupational sedentary behaviour in type 2 diabetes. 

Staff scientist, Leg. dietitian, PhD in Environmental medicine.

Assistant professor of cardiology
Associate professor of epidemiology

My research focuses on the relationship between health outcomes and physical activity and sedentary behaviour. 

MD, PhD.

Assistant professor of Rheumatology

Senior lecturer and associate professor. Consultant respiratory physician at Östersund Hospital, Östersund.

I am a Senior Professor, and Researcher, at Umeå University. My research focuses on diabetes; causes and consequences.

Professor, MD, PhD. Research focused on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Teaching in general practice.

Lecturer and consultant in internal medicine and endocrinology

Teaching and research in clinical endocrinology mainly pituitary and adrenal

Professor in Clinical Physiology. Reserach focus on cardiac imaging in cardiac amyloidosis and exercise hemodynamics in heart failure

Statistician with special interest in epidemiology and clinical trials.  

Chief Physician in Medical Gastroenterology. Conducts patient-close research in the area of ​​functional bowel disease and inflammatory bowel disease where biobank studies are also conducted.

I study the genetics of Puumalavirus in Sweden.

With professional teaching and research experience in bioinformatics, Sobiah is working as a postdoctoral researcher in Anne Tuiskunen Bäck lab, focusing on a research project on myocarditis.

MD, PhD
Professor in Internal Medicine and Senior Consultant in Cardiology

I work as a nurse practitioner in primary care and am a doctoral student at Umeå University. My research is epidemiological and focuses on asthma control. 

Senior lecturer and general practitioner. Research focused on ear disease and new diagnostic methods using digital technique and artificial intelligence. Developing gamification as teaching aid.

Senior Professor of Endocrinology

Registered nurse and epidemiological researcher specialising in cardiovascular disease risk factors and early detection of disease progression.

Professor of Cardiology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University.

Administrator at the National Research School in General Practice and SPRINTR.

Head of Section at the Section of Biobank and Registry Support.  

My research interest is the metabolism of hyaluronan in inflammation and tissue growth.

I am postdoctoctoral fellow in Anne Tuiskunen Bäck's group.

MD, PhD

Focus on teledermoscopy, melanoma detection, and healthcare efficiency in Northern Sweden. Especially interested in digital health and innovation in dermatology.