My name is Dielle Lundberg (she/her), and I am a writer and data analyst studying ableism in health care and other topics in public health. I am working to challenge structural ableism in public health and healthcare through peer-reviewed research, independent research briefs, and essay series. I also confront ableism through my practice as a multi-media artist and novelist under the name Lyra McMahon.

As a day job, I currently work as a Research Analyst on a range of population health projects at Boston University School of Public Health. My training includes a B.S. in Biochemistry from Boston College and an MPH from Boston University School of Public Health. I also completed one and a half years of the PhD program in Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health before discontinuing.

I am a white, queer, and transfeminine person, whose ancestry is mostly Scandinavian and Irish Catholic. I identify as disabled and mad. My perspectives on ableism are shaped by my experiences as a psychiatrized person (bipolar disorder, PTSD, OCD, addiction), with physical disability (Long Covid, chronic pain, I move with walking sticks), and with neurodivergence (adult-diagnosed ADHD, adult-identified autistic). I share more about my background and positionality on Medium.

Read more about how I try to make an impact through my work.