Data Analytics & Informatics Resources
Health Informatics and Data Science Collaborative
The NUCATS Health Informatics and Data Science Collaborative fosters innovation, collaboration, and a sense of community among informaticists at Northwestern University. All are welcome to join, especially faculty, staff, students, and others on the Chicago and Evanston campuses. Regular events are convened, and opportunities are shared to spur innovation and offer support around information technology and data processes related to health.
Data Analytics and Informatics Resources
NUCATS offers a wide range of data analytics and informatics resources and services through its Center for Biomedical Informatics & Data Science, including support for Biostatistics & Research Design activities. Access here biostatistics expertise for proposal development, study design, data management, statistical analysis and manuscript preparation.
Enterprise Data Warehouse, Study, and Trial Recruitment Tools
For information on the Northwestern Medicine Enterprise Data Warehouse and access to their services, see IT's Research Analytics team. Find IT's clinical research tools including Study Tracker, RedCAP, the i2b2 Feasibility Query Tool, and the NM Office of Research, find IT's services here.
Additional Software Tools & Development
Competitions provides tools for investigators, reviewers and administrators to run various types of reviews and competitions, including pilot projects, research awards and reviews.The Galter Health Sciences Library also has informatics software available for use on library computers and a license to the web-based pathway analysis package GeneGo MetaCore.
Open Source
Systems developed by NUCATS are released as open source projects, meaning that the source code is publicly available for other institutions to view. The source code for these software tools can be found in a few public source code repositories:
- GitHub: multiple applications and libraries
- Bioconductor: two packages, lumi and MassSpecWavelet
Web Services
Get web services, including site development, social media and web content strategy and Cascade content management system training, through Feinberg’s Office of Communications.
