Department of Diagnostics and Intervention

I am an affiliated researcher in orthopaedics and an associate professor in professional development. My research focuses on medical education and upper extremity conditions.

Associate professor and physician in anesthesia and intensive care at the Department of Diagnostics and Intervention. I study how the metabolism and the immune system interact in severe infections.

PhD student and digitalisation architect at Region Västerbotten. My research explores how generative AI can support prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Postdoctoral researcher in Öhlund lab.

Eklund is a professor of medical engineering with a research focus on biofluid mechanical applications in clinical neuroscience and ophthalmology.

Associate professor in radiation physics combined with employment as MR-physicist. My research is in imaging with focus on quantitative MRI, AI and radiotherapy applications.

I am interested in developing new brain imaging methods for neurological diseases.

I am a urologist and researches on biomarkers for individualised treatment and treatable mechanisms for disseminated prostate cancer.

I am a researcher in oncology. The aim of my research is to get a better understanding of why some children develop brain tumors.

Associate professor and consultant in Clinical genetics,

PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health.  

PI for the DIRECT-study. 

Works as a administrator at the Department of Diagnostics and Intervention.

Associate professor in disaster medicine and co-director of the Centre for Disaster Medicine at Umeå University.

Ashwin Venkateshvaran is Associate Professor (Docent) in Clinical Physiology and a Senior Researcher at Umeå University. His research is focused on multimodal imaging in heart failure.

Studying adult congenital heart disease (ACHD).

Brain tumor researcher. Head project leader PREDICT case cohort. 

I am a protein chemist working on the macromolecular interactions and their biological functions. 

Leg. biomedical analyst in clinical physiology.
PhD student at the Department of Clinical Microbiology.
Guest lecturer at the medical programme and the biomedical analyst programme..

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging

Carolina Hawranek, researcher and project leader in lung cancer screening at RCC Norr, previously researched hereditary cancer and active in the DIRECT study.

Professor of Physiotherapy and neuroscientist. My research addresses human motor control, how the brain is involved and how to assess movements also after injury/disease to guide treatment.

I work as a research support statistician at Registercentrum Norr, Region Västerbotten.

My research focus is on medical ultrasound imaging with vascular and neuromuscular applications.

M.D, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Consultant Oncologist

Docent in oncology

Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Fellow

Wallenberg Clinical Fellow

Affiliated researcher in medical radiation physics, focusing on quantitative PET imaging, image analysis, and imaging biomarkers in cancer diagnostics.

I’m studying methods for isolating circulating tumour cells in prostate cancer. Using various omics techniques, I aim to understand how these can be used for precision medicine.

Affiliated as researcher and senior consultant in hematology conducting translational research with focus on lymphoproliferative disorders.

I am a PhD student in Alicia Lind's group. I am investigating the biological mechanisms underlying long-term health problems after COVID-19.

I work with biomechanical studies of body movements and of the respiratory system. As well as with diagnostic methods based on artificial intelligence (AI).

Investigating essential tremor subtypes and their response to deep brain stimulation using neuroimaging and motion analysis.

Gustav works as a resident physician in oncology at the Central Hospital in Karlstad. He is affiliated with Umeå University as a PhD student in surgical oncology. 

Hospital engineer, assoc. prof. in biomedical engineering and adjunct university lecturer. Research and development within biomedical engineering, motor control and movement analysis. 

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

PhD

Adjunct Professor of Molecular Oncology

Director of Research Laboratory at the Department of Diagnostics and Intervention

Works as an administrator at the Department of Diagnostics and Intervention.

M.D. Ph.D.
Associate professor in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.
Assistant head of department for education at the Department of diagnostics and intervention

I am working with projects as the PET (Positron Emission Tomography) expert. 

Postdoctoral fellow at the Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI). My research is focused on the ageing brain and how it is affected by physical exercise.

A medical doctor and PhD student in breast cancer research, with a focus on identifying novel biomarkers.

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OR nurse in cardiothoracic surgery and PhD student in surgery.

My research explores how perioperative organisation and the work environment influence flow, waiting times and capacity.

Our group have an approach driving projects to personalize cancer medicine and decipher tumor information into actionable knowledge.

Associate professor in radiophysics and medical physicist

Research focus: non-ionizing radiation and health effects.

Teaching in radiophysics

Ass. head of dep., responsible of postgraduate education

Associate professor/docent. Orthopedic spine surgeon. Spine surgery researcher. 

Adj. Professor of Surgery
Teacher of the medical programme T7, and T10 project
Chief physician Kirurgcentrum Region Västerbotten 
Research Group Leader for the Research Group Clister (www.clister.se)

 I am the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Umeå University.

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

Researcher, anesthesiologist and neurologist.

Professor Emeritus of Surgery.

Research on surgical skills training and outcomes of biliary surgery and ERCP.

117 publications on PubMed.

Lars Nyberg serves as Professor of Neuroscience and director of Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI). He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

PhD

Associate professor in radiology

Works as a study administrator at the Department of Diagnostics and Intervention.

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

Associate Professor in Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine

Associate Dean for Cooperation in Clinical Research and Education

Chair of the Proficiency test for International Medical Graduates

I'm a PhD student working with AI applications for improved diagnosis of middle ear diseases.

Senior lecturer and senior consultant in oncology. 

Manages the institution's invoices, research projects, budget and prognosis. And the finances for the department, as well as UFBI (Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging)

Colorectal surgeon and researcher. Conducts epidemiological, clinical and translational projects in colorectal cancer surgery.

Subproject leader within the research platform PREDICT with a focus on biomarker analysis

Michael Haney, MD, PhD, MSc

Academic head and Professor, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Senior consultant, University Hospital of Umeå

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Oncology nurse and PhD student researching CAM use among cancer patients to strengthen dialogue and individualized, patient-centered care.

Head of dept. CIMT, Umu Hospital. Biomed. Engineer, Docent and adj. Ass. Prof. in Biomed. Eng., Umu. Research areas: Movement analysis, AI, pressure and flow dynamics and quality registries. 

Surgeon and associate professor (docent) in surgery.

Associated researcher at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine.

Senior lecturer and consultant physician, specialising in liver surgery.

Paolo is an expert in AI: his research interests include multimodal (deep) learning, generative approaches, eXplainable AI, and resilience of AI algorithms.

Professor in Nursing with a combined position as an oncology nurse at Cancercentrum, NUS.

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

Postdoctoral Researcher in the HIT Study. The project is a collaboration between the Department of Diagnostics and Intervention and the Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation.

I develop and use electrophysiological and ultrasonic methods to study the neural control of movement

My research focus is analysis/modeling of the pressure and flow dynamics of the brain and related neurological issues. I am also the team leader for education at Biomedical Engineering R&D at NUS.

Docent, Associate Professor and Senior Consultant in Diagnostic Radiology. 

Director of Studies and Head of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Program.

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

I am a doctoral candidate in Biomedical Engineering focussing on ultrasound imaging of muscle tissue.

I’m a medical doctor, employed as a PhD-Student at the department of diagnostics and intervention. My reaserch utilize PET and MRI for diagnostics of normal pressure hydrocephalus.

My research addresses the connection between our environment, our genes and our health.

 Staff Scientist in cancer immunology developing mRNA-based immunotherapies and personalized cancer vaccines using human immune cell models.

PhD student in medical physics focusing on DECT-based methods for tissue characterization in preparation for proton therapy treatment planning. I also work with radiation protection. 

Professor in radiation physics with applications to radiotherapy. The research is focused on radiotherapy with focus on imaging, prostate cancer, AI and decision support. 

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

Associate professor in Biomedical Engineering. Adjunct professor at Department of Radiation Sciences. Employed at the Department of Biomedical engineering, R&D, Umeå University Hospital.

I am a biostatistician who primarily focuses on cancer screening and early detection.

PhD student in medical physics with focus on external radiotherapy of prostate cancer.

I also work with questions regarding radiation protection.

Yousef Moradi is an epidemiological researcher focusing on register-based research, evidence synthesis and population health.