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Ellen Backman
The Department of Social Work
Phone: 0708-274 627
Mail: ellen.backman@mchs.se
Field of work
Ellen Backman holds a PhD in health and lifestyle with a focus on disability research, and is a speech therapist with clinical experience from childhood-onset disabilities. She has also a professional background as a quality improvement officer within habilitation services and as a research and development (R&D) supervisor. Ellen has a great interest in children's participation in their healthcare and in everyday activities.
Research
Ellen's doctoral thesis is about children with feeding disorders who use a gastrostomy tube to get the nutrition they need. In the thesis, Ellen explored the meal as a shared activity and how social aspects of eating are addressed in healthcare. Following her PhD, Ellen has been involved as a researcher in the project “KomAlong Online, a self-managed parental web-resource to support communication”.
At Marie Cederschiöld University, Ellen holds a position as a postdoctoral fellow in the MOD research program. The postdoctoral project “Transition to adulthood for people with cerebral palsy” aims to broaden the knowledge about becoming an adult when having cerebral palsy, specifically focusing on communication and is funded by Bidragsstiftelsen DHR. The project is part of the larger project "Living as an adult with cerebral palsy in western Sweden" and is a collaboration between Marie Cedershiöld University and the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg.
Teaching
For several years, Ellen has taught at undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of Gothenburg, Halmstad University and Jönköping University. She has primarily participated in course work focusing on eating development in children and pediatric feeding disorders, communication development, and communication support strategies for people with speech and language impairments. Her teaching also includes qualitative methods and supervision of master theses.
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- Last updated:
- 27 February 2026