Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine


The Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine was formed in 1999 and consists of the following divisions; Family Medicine, Dermatology and Venereology, Epidemiology and Global Health, Medicine (here cardiology, respiratory medicine and rheumatology are included), Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Nutritional Science, and Professional Development (a course within the MD programme). The department also includes Umeå International School of Public Health.

The department is of considerable size and the divisions are scattered at various locations within the University Hospital, and there is no common facility for the entire department.

The undergraduate teaching of the department is primarily within the MD-programme. The Master programmes are largely within the Umeå International School of Public Health and in occupational and environmental medicine.

The research performed within the department covers a very wide range of areas. A large number of research groups are present, all with their specific interest areas. However, many collaborative projects exist both within and between the different divisions. In addition, a substantial number of clinicians from the University Hospital are affiliated with the respective divisions. The number of graduate students are around 130 and the number of permanetly employed of all categories are around 180.

Department News

More severe disease explains the higher costs of care for men

2013-05-15
Men often suffer from more severe cases of psoriasis than women, which may explain why the cost of care for men is higher. This is the conclusion of researchers at Umeå University in a new study.

Leading obesity researcher to visit Umeå:
“Non-exercise” is the key to success

2013-03-11
A world renowned expert in obesity research will be visiting Umeå University on Thursday 14 March, including holding a lecture in Aula Nordica. His main message to everyone is to “get up from your office chair.”

Modifying infant’s diet may reduce celiac disease risk

2013-02-18
Celiac disease is much more common in Sweden than in the rest of Europe and the U.S., but may be prevented with gradually introducing gluten-containing foods to breast-feeding infants, according to a comprehensive study led by researchers at Umeå University.

Ozone exposure may be linked to pre-eclampsia

2013-02-07
One in every 20 cases of pre-eclampsia—dangerously high blood pressure in pregnancy—may be linked to increased levels of the air pollutant ozone during early pregnancy, suggests a large study published in the online journal BMJ Open.

Collective action as strategy to prevent disease among poor people

2013-02-05
Collective action in the local community increases the possibility to prevent disease among poor people in developing countries, concludes Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi in her doctoral thesis to be defended at Umeå University on February 8th.

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2013-02-20

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Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine
University Hospital
901 85 Umeå 

Visiting Address
University Hospital, Building 9B

Tel:  +46 90-785 29 31

Fax:  +46 90-13 89 77

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Divisions

Dermatology and VenerologyEpidemiology and Global HealthFamily MedicineMedicineNutritional ResearchOccupational and Environmental MedicineProfessional Development

Head of the Department

Lars Weinehall

+46 90 785 2931