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 people in the U.S. and worldwide. 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 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.
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. Due to academic ableism, I determined that pursuing independent research was the most sustainable way for me to continue advancing my research on structural ableism. I currently fund this work by offering data analysis and writing services for research projects related to my wide-ranging interests in the health sciences as a contractor/consultant.
I am also a novelist and multi-media artist who works under the name Lyra McMahon. More information about my positionality is available on Medium.