Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine
The Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine was formed about 10 years ago 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
2012-04-15
According to a study published in the journal Nature Genetics, variants in 56 regions of the genome have been discovered to influence the Bone Mineral Density (BMD) of individuals. Fourteen of these variants were also found to increase the risk of bone fracture. Three researchers at Umeå University ...
2012-02-06
Pregnant women exposed to air pollution are at higher risk than others to give birth prematurely, according to a research study involving a large number of mothers living in Stockholm, reports the news website TheLocal.se. The study was conducted by researchers at the division of Occupational and En...
2012-01-22
A research team headed by Associate Professor Stefan Söderberg from Umeå University has for the first time demonstrated that the effect of obesity on the risk of premature death is seriously underestimated unless a person’s hip circumference is taken into account.
2012-01-02
Six researchers at Umeå University have been granted SEK 3.9 million in project funding from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation to develop methods and treatments that can help patients with heart, lung and vascular diseases.
2011-10-28
Financial and social hard times during adolescence and young adulthood lead to physiological wear and tear during middle age, according to a study led by Dr. Per E. Gustafsson at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University.
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Ester Roos-Engstrand
2011-06-01
