Research activities within the chs focus on health care, epidemiology, public health, health economics, health carerelated clinical research, occupational medicine, workplace health promotion, aging and work, general practice, work and health, family medicine, social determinants of health, medical sociology, prevention, individual- and patient-centered care, environmental epidemiology, and the doctor-patient relationship.

Some examples of the current issues include how social conditions or work-related stress affect the risk of cardiovascular disease, how general practitioners and patients communicate with each other, and whether or not prevention does indeed save money.