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Department of Epidemiology and Global Health

The Department of Epidemiology and Global Health is an international, multidisciplinary research and teaching environment located within Umeå University’s Faculty of Medicine. Founded in 1986, we now have around 80 people from all over the world working in the department, with a shared mission to contribute to equitable and sustainable improvements in health and welfare across the globe.

Global Health Action and Somali Health Action Journal

The Department hosts the peer-reviewed journals Global Health Action and SHAJ - Somali Health Action Journal

Featured Stories

Hans Pettersson, Albin Stjernbrandt, Rebecca Tapper, and Jens Wahlström
Umeå University is highly represented at Arctic Congress 2024

The Arctic Congress 2024 gathered many researchers from Umeå University who presented their research.

Petter Stoor
Awarded for research on Sámi health

Jon Petter Stoor, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, has been awarded a prize and SEK 176,674.

Flammor från intensiv skogsbrand med mänskliga silhuetter i förgrunden
Urgent need to stop climate change

If it’s not done, extreme weather and diseases could hit Europe, states a report from the Lancet Countdown.

News

Umeå University is highly represented at Arctic Congress 2024
Published: 2024-06-14

The Arctic Congress 2024 gathered many researchers from Umeå University who presented their research.

Awarded for research on Sámi health
Published: 2024-06-04

Jon Petter Stoor, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, has been awarded a prize and SEK 176,674.

Emergency: climate change threatens health in Europe
Published: 2024-05-13

If it’s not done, extreme weather and diseases could hit Europe, states a report from the Lancet Countdown.

Sore throat break hearts: how can it be prevented?
Published: 2024-04-23

So far, the measures have been limited, according to a thesis, which is based on studies in Namibia.