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Ida Linander is an Associate Professor and Research Fellow at the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health at Umeå University. She has an MD and a PhD, and her research is focused on global health and epidemiology, particularly examining health welfare systems and inequities in access to care. Research themes include testosterone testing and treatment access for LGBTQ individuals, sexual and reproductive health predominantly in collaboration with organizations in Bolivia and Ecuador, and gender-based violence. Her work adopts an interdisciplinary approach that merges public health and gender studies, largely utilizing qualitative methods such as interviews and media policy analysis. Linander's recent projects include critical studies on mental health in young trans individuals, strategies to improve responses to gender-based violence, and health living conditions for older LGBTQI populations. She also teaches qualitative methods, social medicine, global health, and LGBTQ gender issues in medical school and master's programs.
Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.