Our research and our researchers
Research is carried out in several program areas. We at the CPF place a specific focus on research areas that are particularly important for patients in primary care and primary care’s activities.
- Psychological disorders (socioeconomic status, migration, family environment, neighbourhoods)
- E-health
- Welfare diseases, diabetes, medical epidemiology, and genetic epidemiology
- Cardiovascular diseases (heredity, lifestyle, migration, the environment)
- Migration and neighbourhoods
- Infectious diseases in primary care, multiple diseases, diseases among the elderly
- Experimental research (Genetic and epigenetic risk factors, protein biomarkers and their functional significance in chronic diseases)
- Heredity, family factors, area of living, comorbidity and cancer
- Research methods in family medicine and research on quality aspects of medical education
- Public health science and social epidemiology
- Health economy, organisation of health care, and evaluation of health and medical programs
Research Leaders
- Anders Halling, Professor
- Bengt Zöller, Professor
- Jan Sundquist, Professor (post-retirement)
- Juan Merlo, Professor
- Kristina Sundquist, Professor
- Margareta Troein, Professor Emeritus
- Martin Lindström, Professor
- Patrik Midlöv, Professor
- Ulf Gerdtham, Professor
- Ulf Jakobsson, Professor
- Anders Beckman, Associate Professor
- Ashfaque Memon, Associate Professor
- Henrik Ohlsson, Associate Professor
- Jianguang Ji, Associate Professor
- Louise Bennet, Associate Professor
- Xinjun Li, Associate Professor
- Xiao Wang, MD, PhD