My name is Dielle Lundberg (DL), and I use she/her or ze/hir pronouns. I am a public health data analyst and storyteller based in Seattle, Washington.
I am the founder and lead writer of Ableism & Healthcare Now, an independent research and analysis project about structural ableism in public health and health care.
I received a master’s in public health (MPH) from Boston University School of Public Health in 2019. I was also a PhD student at the University of Washington School of Public Health from 2022 to 2024 where I received doctoral-level training in health services research methods, epidemiology, and quantitative data analysis. In the course of my training there, I discovered that my passion lies in data analysis and storytelling rather than in designing and leading academic research. From there, I made the decision to transition out of my positions as a PhD student and research fellow and into a contractor/consultant role for project-based work.
I have seven years of experience collaborating on research teams studying: structural ableism, excess mortality, reporting of COVID-19 deaths, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, sexual and gender minority health, novel tobacco and nicotine products, chronic noncommunicable disease, racial inequities, rural health, and post-consumer textile waste.
My past collaborations have included peer-reviewed publications, commentaries and opinion pieces, investigative journalism collaborations, and data-driven art advocacy projects. Here are some selected examples of my prior work and collaborations and my Google Scholar profile.
More information about my positionality is available on my Medium profile. I also work creatively as a novelist and multi-media artist under the name Lyra McMahon.
Dielle Lundberg standing with her walking sticks
Headshot of Dielle Lundberg
Dielle Lundberg standing with a walking stick
