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. Join the Collaborative
Data Analytics and Informatics Resources
- Biostatistics & Research Design
Access biostatistics expertise for proposal development, study design, data management, statistical analysis and manuscript preparation. - Northwestern Medicine Enterprise Data Warehouse
Access our repository of all clinical and research data sources on campus. - REDCap
This secure, web-based application allows investigators to define and manage their own data collection forms. - Feasibility Query Tool
The i2b2 query tool provides investigators with a way to conduct their own feasibility analysis. - Study Tracker
Study Tracker supports trial enrollment and helps monitor participants as they progress on a study.
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.
