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Ingrid Liljelind is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University. Her work bridges academic research, clinical practice, and public health interventions focused on occupational and environmental medicine. She specializes in exposure assessment methodologies, particularly in evaluating chemical and physical workplace hazards such as vibration, cold exposure, and indoor air quality.
Research Focus: Her research emphasizes precise exposure measurement techniques, including passive aerosol samplers, dermal uptake analysis, and biomarker validation. Key themes include cold sensitivity (e.g., Raynaud’s phenomenon), building-related sickness (BRS), and the health impacts of occupational hazards like isocyanates, styrene, and vibrating tools. Her studies often involve cross-disciplinary collaborations with engineers, clinicians, and epidemiologists.
Funding: Supported by FORTE (Research Council for Health, Work Life and Welfare) and FORMAS (Research Council for Environment, Area of Business and Community Building), her projects include long-term studies on vibration exposure variability and the development of clinical diagnostic tools for neurosensory injuries.
Clinical Work: She works clinically with patients suffering from work-related illnesses, which directly informs her research priorities. Her clinical insights have led to innovations in point-of-care testing and questionnaire design for chemical intolerance assessment.
Teaching: She contributes to the Master Program in Work and Health at Umeå University, supervises dental technicians, and trains occupational medicine professionals in Northern Sweden. Her teaching integrates real-world case studies from her clinical and research experiences.
Labs/Teams: She participates in the VECTOR research group and has led projects such as Why does indoor environment cause symptoms among some individuals and not among others? (2015–2019) and Exposure assessment model for hand-arm transmitted vibrations (2008–2012).
