CESUAlg enjoys scientific autonomy and develops its lines of research in the following areas:
1. Quality of Life in Health and Illness contexts (Coordinator: Prof. Luís Pedro Ribeiro);
2. Prevention, Diagnosis, Therapeutics and Rehabilitation (Coordinator: Prof. Rui Plácido Raposo);
3. Management and Assessment in Health Technologies (Coordinator: Prof. Margarida Espírito Santo);
4. Healthy Aging (Coordinator: Prof. Nídia Rebelo Braz);
5. Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Coordinator: Prof. Ezequiel Marques Pinto).
CESUAlg's mission is to contribute to the progress of research, the quality of postgraduate education, and the provision of specialized services to the community in its area of expertise.
In pursuit of its objectives, CESUAlg promotes the establishment of interdisciplinary activities, linking basic and applied research to technological development, aimed at promoting Health and the Quality of Health Services.
CESUAlg also directs its activities towards the development of projects, promoting students' learning capacity, in conjunction with the research activities being developed at the University of Algarve (UAlg).