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Sara Lundell is an Associate Professor in physiotherapy at the Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University. Her research focuses on how stigma-related emotions like shame and guilt affect self-management in people with COPD and the development of eHealth tools to support these patients and healthcare professionals.
Her educational background includes a master's degree in physiotherapy (2012) and a 2018 dissertation on COPD care implementation. She has led projects such as the ECHO-COPD initiative (2021-2024) and the current Countering Stigma in COPD Self-Management project (2024-2026).
Research themes include:
- eHealth Interventions for COPD self-management
- Stigma-related Emotions in chronic disease
- Co-creation Processes involving patients and HCPs
- Qualitative Methodologies for patient experience analysis
Recent publications address co-designed COPD care systems, eHealth usability, and interprofessional dynamics. She teaches functional examination, communication, and research methods at Umeå University's Physiotherapy program.
