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. I strive to challenge structural ableism in public health and healthcare using data-driven research and critical analysis.
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.
Dielle, a white transfeminine person
Dielle standing with her walking sticks
I received 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 discontinued my studies and determined that pursuing independent research was the most sustainable way for me as a disabled person to continue advancing my scholarship on structural ableism.
View my research portfolio to read about my research praxis and theory of change, or learn about how my background and positionality inform my work.
Links:
Email: contact@diellelundberg.com
Artistic & Political Work:
In addition to my work in public health research, I am an active multi-media artist and novelist, creating art under the pen name Lyra McMahon.
I contribute to social justice movements, political organizing, and efforts toward systemic change in and outside of the United States through the Lyra McMahon Social Justice & Political Solidarity Fund. I started this fund in 2026 alongside the McMahon-Lundberg Health Care Redistribution Fund, which focuses on financial redistribution toward mutual aid related to the health care needs of transgender and disabled people in the United State
I am also a co-founder and board member for Make Fashion Clean (MFC Tie-Dye), a non-profit initiative that has worked for more than a decade to reduce global fashion pollution through an upcycling partnership with artisans affected by disability/ableism at the MFI Foundation in Ghana. MFC is working toward a vision of long-term project sustainability, locally governed and operated by the MFI Foundation, with the potential dissolution of MFC by the end of 2027. I have written elsewhere about my role in founding this upcycling partnership.
While some people may prefer to keep redistributive and political actions private, I see public accountability as a motivating force. Just as I share how I vote and how I think about the world, I want people in my life to know how I use my time and money. In a world where corporations, organizations, and political actors use money and visibility to erase people with my identities, using my own resources to fight back is both a personal act of resistance and a way to try and help protect the people and communities that I care about.
Lastly, I have a film-making political and artistic practice as a sex-worker. It is under a different name and maintains a clear separation from my public health research and other artistic work. I share this, however, to make clear it is not a secret and not a source of shame, to acknowledge its role in my healing as a transfeminine person, and to reduce risks to my career and safety through intentional transparency. Proceeds from this work directly support health equity advocacy for the decriminalization of sex work and the labor rights of sex workers, as well as mutual aid focused on sex worker health and well-being.
Notice:
All content I share on my website, in essays and other writings, and on my social media and other platforms represents my personal expression and does not reflect the views of any institutions, funders, organizations, or other projects, entities, or individuals I am affiliated with or connected to — presently, in the past, or in the future. As a human, I value constructive feedback and continuing to learn and unlearn, and I also recognize that differences in opinion and practice are often healthy. I believe that all people have inherent dignity and deserve connection and community, and that harm is typically best addressed through dialogue, growth, repair, and accountability rather than through policing, shaming, and other carceral punishments.
