About CHS
Group Health Center for Health Studies (CHS) conducts approximately 150
studies at any given time. It receives about 90 percent of its funding from
outside sources such as the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
CHS conducts much of its research in collaboration with other
institutions, including the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center, and Harvard University. To date, CHS investigators have
published more than 2,200
articles in peer-reviewed journals.
CHS has more than 200 employees, including staff from the
MacColl
Institute for Healthcare Innovation and the Department of Preventive Care. The Center's
researchers have a broad range of professional backgrounds, including
medicine, epidemiology, economics, biostatistics, and health psychology.
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