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Department of Diagnostics and Intervention

We conduct clinical and translational research and education at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level in nine different subject areas. We also conduct research at UFBI and research and teaching at the Knowledge Centre for Disaster Medicine (KcKM). Teaching is provided within the Medical Programme and the Biomedical Programme, the Biomedical Analyst Programme, the Biomedical Engineering master’s programme and the Programme for International Crisis and Conflict Management.

News

Alicia Lind
The region invests more in junior clinical researchers

Alicia Lind is one of five employees who receive Region Västerbotten grant for postdoctoral qualifications.

Studenter samtalar runt bord
National school for cancer research to be started in Umeå

In spring 2025 Umeå University will start a new cancer research school that is unique in Sweden.

Manlig patient som har konsultation med läkare.
Sjöberg Foundation millions for prostate cancer project

A project for more efficient treatment for aggressive prostate cancer gets SEK 21 million in funding,

Närbild på Beatrice Melin, professor och överläkare, när hon håller upp båda händerna i nivå med hakan.
Cancer project awarded SEK 30 million

The project is led by Professor Beatrice Melin, Umeå University, and the goal is early detection of cancer.

Porträttbild på Beatrice Melin
Elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Beatrice Melin, Professor at Umeå University, is one of two new Swedish members of the Academy.

Vårdanställd som knöböjer vid en liten flick som sitter i en sjukhussäng.
Medication for children before anaesthesia and surgery

A doctoral thesis has tried to answer the question of which of three drugs is the most ideal.

Our subjects

anestesiologi och intensivvård
Anaesthesiology and intensive care

Anaesthesiology, or 'perioperative medicine', is the care of patients before, during and after their operation...

Klinisk fysiologi
Clinical physiology

Clinical physiology is a medical specialty that uses advanced techniques such as electrocardiography and ultra...

Diagnostisk radiologi
Diagnostic radiology

Radiology is an imaging and functional medicine speciality that uses advanced imaging techniques such as X-ray...

Hand och plastikkirurgi
Hand and plastic surgery

Hand and plastic surgery are medical specialities that focus on restoring function and form to the extremities...

Onkologi
Oncology

Oncology is the science of cancer, its diagnosis and treatment. Methods include advanced imaging and molecular...

Ortopedi
Orthopedics

Orthopedics focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries and diseases. O...

Medicinsk teknik och radiofysik
Radiophysics and biomedical engineering

Radiophysics and biomedical engineering integrate advanced technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of dis...

Kirurgi
Surgery

Surgery is the medical practice of curing and relieving diseases through manual interventions in the body. We ...

Urologi
Urology and andrology

Urology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the male urogenital system, including the kidney...

Centres and units

Umeå center for functional brain imaging

UFBI is an inter-disciplinary research center using imaging techniques to examine the brain.

Olycksplats
Knowledge Centre for Disaster Medicine

The Knowledge Centre in Disaster Medicine (KcKM) is a centre f knowledge in the field of disaster medicine. We...

Rondellen mellan NUS och Campus Umeå
About the department

The Department of Diagnostics and Intervention is led by our Head of Department Tufve Nyholm. He is assisted b...

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Education

The Department of Diagnostics and Intervention provides undergraduate education in several programmes, mainly ...