Staff

Senior consultant physician and associate professor, engaged in occupational and environmental research.

Assistant Professor and Senior Consultant in Dermatology and Venereology

Professor and Senior Consultant in Internal and Respiratory Medicine.

Head of Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine.

Researcher in Sports Medicine and Public Health with a special focus on how our lifestyle and more specifically our level of physical activity predicts our future health and risk of illness.

Andreas Tornevi - background in mathematical statistics, PhD in environmental medicine and works mainly with epidemiological studies. 

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.

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My name is Anita and I'm a lecturer at the Department of Psychology. I research and teach about working life and health from a psychological perspective.

MD PhD

Associate Professor and Resident Physician in Family Medicine.

Director of the National Research School in General Practice.  

Anna Oudin is an epidemiologist and statistician. Her research is about how air pollution and other environmental factors may affect the brain, eg dementia and mental health.

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

MD PhD

Associate Professor in Pulmonary Medicine

I am senior professor of occupational and environmental medicine. I have previously been a senior physician at Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the university hospital.

Senior Professor of Environmental Medicine 

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.

I'm working with research on how high temperatures and air pollution can affect our health and who are most vulnerable. I'm also looking at how this could change as the climate is changing.

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?

I am a postdoctoral fellow working in Henrik Sjödin's group in the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine. My research is on mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.

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.

The aim of my research is to investigate and improve the working environment. How cold, noise and vibrations from machines affect the health of workers and how to reduce the risk of ill health.

I am a PhD student at Sustainable Health and my work will develop methods and knowledge to assess the health consequences of car traffic and sustainable transport solutions in modern cities.

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. 

Researches on public health, global health and infectious epidemiology. Looking at the spreading dynamics of emerging infectious diseases using mathematical modeling.

My research and teaching is on occupational and environmental medicine.

Associate Professor and Lecturer in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

My research focuses on how the work environment affects our health and productivity. Examples of areas in the work environment are ergonomics, organizational factors, cold and vibrations.

Researcher in physical activity, occupational health and geriatrics. 

Epidemiologist and modeller focusing on studying the impacts of climate change on health and how climate information can be used for public health prevention.

Associate professor in occupational and environmental medical research at Sustainable Health and conducts research in air pollution, physical activity and health.

Endocrinologist with research focus type 2 diabetes

Researches on climate change impacts on infectious disease epidemiology. Coordinates research activities in relation to, for example, the Lancet Countdown 2030 and the ENBEL project.

I am a communications officer at Public Health and Clinical Medicine with administrative responsibility for Sustainable Health. Also works as project administrator for VIPVIZA and UTRI.

My research is about how we create sustainable workplaces with good work environment and enable work up to old age. I am also involved in research on the health effects of natural environments.

MD, PhD

Senior lecturer and general practitioner

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

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. 

Senior research assistent. Leg. dietitian, PhD in Environmental medicine.

I am a professor in statistics with a special interest in statistical applications in medicine, including register studies, epidemiology and clinical trials.

Senior consultant physician, associate professor. Main research area is occupational and environmental lung disease.

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.

My PhD project looks at the health effects of cold exposure in arctic climates with a focus on a sustainable working life. The project is part of the Arctic research school.

My postdoctoral research centers on epidemiological studies identifying environmental risk factors for mental illness. I also investigate the impact of antibiotics on cancer risk and prognosis. 

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

As part of my work, I act as Project Manager for two EU funded project within the Erarsmus+ programme:

1) XR-skills (https://xrskill.infoproject.eu/)

2) ClassTHIFA (https://www.classthifacoaching.eu/)

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
Consultant in endocrinology

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

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 a PhD student in Henrik Sjödin's  lab researching the feasibility of ecosystem restoration to achieve nature-based solutions to battle vector-borne disease transmission.

My research focuses on work environment and health in office environments, but also ergonomics and physical strain at work.

Zia is PhD student in Henrik Sjödin lab and is conducting research on predictive modelling of the spread of various infectious diseases using advanced machine learning and AI.