My name is Dielle Lundberg.
I am a data analyst and writer working to make health systems do more good (and less harm) for disabled and mad people. I strive to challenge structural ableism in public health and healthcare through data-driven research, critical analysis, and advocacy that blends health science and art.
I publish research in peer-reviewed journals and as the founder and lead writer for Ableism & Healthcare Now, an independent research and analysis project about how structural ableism shapes healthcare and public health. I also work on other health science projects, providing project-based research services.
A photo of Dielle, a transfeminine person, standing with her walking sticks
I earned an MPH from Boston University School of Public Health in 2019 and was a PhD student at the University of Washington School of Public Health from 2022 to 2024. At that time, I determined that pursuing independent research was the most sustainable way for me to continue advancing my scholarship on structural ableism. By providing project-based research services related to my wide-ranging interests in the health sciences, I help sustain and fund my independent research portfolio.
I bring my lived experience as a disabled, neurodivergent, and mad person to my scholarship and believe public health research and advocacy are tightly linked. Through my work, I aim to advance health policy that (1) shifts power and decision-making in healthcare to disabled people, (2) divests from and abolishes the mental health industrial complex, psychiatric institutions, and the prison industrial complex, and (3) addresses the upstream social, political, and structural determinants of health that shape health across the life course.
More information about my background/positionality is available on Medium.
Contact Info:
Email: contact@diellelundberg.com
Other Info:
I am a novelist and multi-media artist working under the name Lyra McMahon.
In 2017, I co-founded Make Fashion Clean (MFC Tie-Dye), a non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce global fashion pollution through education and an upcycling partnership with artisans in Ghana. I have served as a board member or advisor for the project since then.
Disclaimer:
All content I share on my website, in essays and other writings, and on my social media and other artistic platforms represents my own expression and does not reflect the views of any institutions, funders, organizations, or other projects, entities, or individual people I am affiliated with or connected to — presently, in the past, or in the future. I often revise or extend my work as I am exposed to new knowledge, receive feedback, and continue to learn and grow. As a human, I value feedback and continuing to learn / unlearn.