About
Gunilla Stenberg is an Associate Professor at the Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University. She combines her academic role with clinical employment at Robertsfors Health Center, dividing her time between teaching, research, and clinical practice.
- Recognised university teacher
- Docent (Research qualifications)
Her research focuses on rehabilitation, particularly chronic pain management, with a strong emphasis on gender perspectives, disability research, and health economics. She specializes in both qualitative (Content Analysis, Grounded Theory) and quantitative methods (Multivariate Statistics), frequently incorporating gender and age analyses.
Recent publications highlight her work on:
- Multimodal pain rehabilitation in primary care
- Gender differences in pain outcomes and sick leave
- Psychosocial aspects of chronic pain
- Disability and assistive technology
- Interprofessional collaboration in COPD care
She actively contributes to clinical practice, national knowledge management (SKR), and the Swedish Pain Register, while teaching courses on pain management, gender, and scientific methodology.
