Anders Brantnell

Associate senior lecturer/Assistant Professor at Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering; Industrial Engineering and Management

Mobile phone:: +46 72 999 98 25
E-mail:: anders.brantnell@angstrom.uu.se
Visiting address:: Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
Postal address:: Box 524
751 20 Uppsala

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Affiliated Researcher at Department of Women's and Children's Health; CIRCLE - Complex Intervention Research in Health and Care

Mobile phone:: +46 72 999 98 25
E-mail:: anders.brantnell@angstrom.uu.se
Visiting address:: MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:: Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA

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Affiliated Researcher at Uppsala University Future Institutes (UUniFI); Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Research Nexus (UUniCORN)

Mobile phone:: +46 72 999 98 25
E-mail:: anders.brantnell@angstrom.uu.se
Visiting address:: Segerstedthuset, Dag Hammarskjölds v 7
751 05 Uppsala
Postal address:: Box 256
751 05 Uppsala

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Academic merits:: PhD

Short presentation

Anders Brantnell is an Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering and Associate Professor (Docent) in Technical Physics at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering at Uppsala University. He leads a work package focused on implementation within the Additive Manufacturing for the Life Sciences Competence Centre (AM4Life). He is also affiliated with U-CARE. The goal with U-CARE is to increase wellbeing among patients and close ones living with somatic disease.

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Biography

Key Positions (academic and industry)

- Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering and Management, Uppsala University (2021– ). Focus on MedTech Innovation and Implementation
- Associate Professor (Docent) in Technical Physics, Uppsala University (2025)
- Senior Business Development Consultant, ChromaWay (2023)
- Head of Work Package 6, AM4Life – Additive Manufacturing for the Life Sciences Competence Centre (2021– ). Dissemination, Regulatory Support and Implementation
- Associated Researcher U-CARE (2021-)
- Senior Pharmaceuticals and Innovation Advisor, ChromaWay (2021–2022)
- Founder and Vice President, Digite AB (2020–2022)
- Project Manager, Swedish Higher Education Authority (2018–2020)
- Lecturer and Researcher, Uppsala University (2017–2021)
- Visiting Student Researcher, Stanford University (2013)
- Project Coordinator U-CARE (2010-2017)

Courses Taught / Course Leadership

PhD Level

- Biodesign – Summer Course
- Implementation of Complex Interventions in Healthcare (Deputy Course Director)

Master’s Level

- Health Innovation – An Interdisciplinary Approach
- Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
- Designing Health Innovations
- Innovation Management

Bachelor’s Level

- Product Development

International Teaching

- Healthcare Innovation
- Marketing in healthcare

Research

Anders Brantnell conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of healthcare, engineering, and innovation management. His research focuses on the development, implementation, and adoption of healthcare innovations and medical technologies, with particular emphasis on how new technologies and complex interventions can be integrated into clinical practice and healthcare organizations. His work includes areas such as additive manufacturing in healthcare, digital health, medical technology innovation, mental health, cardiology, and dentistry. Methodologically, his research draws on implementation science, organizational theory, innovation management, and health services research.

Publications

Selection of publications

Recent publications

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Articles in journal

Conference papers

Manuscripts (preprints)

Effectiveness, acceptability, and completeness and quality of intervention reporting of psychological interventions for people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment: A mixed-methods systematic review

Blomberg, Oscar; Svedin, Frida; Österman Menander, Ida; Farrand, Paul et al.

Reports

Testbed for Material and Additive Manufacturing: Needs Analysis and Benchmarking

Brantnell, Anders; Salelkar, Lakshmi; Linné, Åse; Schliemann, Marvin et al.

2022
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