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Birgitta Evengård Lab

Research group

Our group studies infectious diseases and climate change in the north.

Birgitta Evengård, professor

Works at: Department of Clinical Microbiology

+46 90 785 23 00 +46 70 234 98 20

birgitta.evengard@umu.se

Patient reported long-term outcomes of Puumala virus infection in northern Sweden

Research projects

Puumala virus infection or Nephropathia epidemica, also called vole fever after the animal that spread the disease, is a common disease in northern Sweden. Västerbotten County has the highest...

New contaminants emerge due to global warming

Reportage

As the permafrost thaws, frozen anthrax bacterium is brought back to life while malaria-carrying mosquitoes and ticks bearing encephalitis infect new victims. In the footsteps of climate change, bo...

Climate change perceptions among Swedish Sami reindeer herders

Research projects

The overall conclusion of this study is that the reindeer herders are facing the limit of resilience in the face of climate change.

Umeå professor part of prestigious commission on Arctic Health

Portrait

At the end of February UArctic reported that the journal The Lancet is starting a new project: The Lancet Commission on Arctic Health. Umeå University's Birgitta Evengård is one of a select few to ...

Umeå researchers highlight Arctic challenges at COP26

News Published: 2021-10-29

During two weeks, starting at the end of October, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will take place in Glasgow. Birgitta Evengård, Professor Emerita at the Department of...

Professors

Information page

A Rolf Adolfsson, psychiatry Ulf Ahlgren, molecular medicine Clas Ahlm, infectious diseases Håkan Alfredson, sports medicine Bror Alstermark, physiology Peter M. Andersen, neurology Christer...

Diplomacy needed for responsible development in the Arctic

News Published: 2021-10-20

A recent article on the importance of healthy ecosystems for human and animal health was published by CLINF, a Nordic centre of excellence for the study of climate effects on the epidemiology of...