I conduct research on how workplace factors such as machine vibrations, cold, and noise affect workers’ health and how a healthier work environment can be created.
My research focuses on how occupational exposures affect workers’ health and how injuries can be prevented. My main areas of expertise include vibration exposure from machinery, outdoor work, and occupational noise. My research primarily covers the construction, manufacturing, mining, and forestry industries.
I have been the principal investigator of studies on mandatory medical surveillance for workers exposed to hand-transmitted vibration. Within this project, I investigated how the screening questionnaire for nerve injuries, used in medical surveillance, corresponds with the results of clinical examinations among workers exposed to vibration. In addition, I am involved in a project examining how different industries perceive changes in the work environment resulting from ongoing climate change. In this project, I collaborate with universities in Tromsø (Norway) and Oulu (Finland). I have also recently initiated research on the risk of occupational accidents.
I am a member of the steering committee of the Arctic Research Centre at Umeå University (ARCUM), where I represent the Faculty of Medicine, and I am a former Arctic Five Chair in Occupational Medicine (https://arcticfive.org/).
I am also responsible for the Swedish National Vibration Database in collaboration with all Occupational and Environmental Medicine clinics in Sweden: https://www.vibration.db.ͯÑÕÊÓƵ/app/
My teaching is primarily within the field of occupational health and safety and focuses on the health effects of exposure to vibration from machinery, noise, and cold environments. I serve as course coordinator within the Master’s Programme in Work and Health, particularly for courses designed for occupational health nurses.
In addition, I teach and lecture in the Medical Programme, the Bachelor's Programme in Environmental Health, and the Dental Technology Programme.