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Health Care Data Analytics

American Health Information Management Association
At the intersection of healthcare, technology and business
Healthcare Data & Analytics Association
Volunteer organization of data and analytics practitioners in academic medical centers, healthcare providers, insurance companies, key government agencies, and public health organizations throughout North America and abroad. Offers free student membership.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
Nonprofit seeking to reform the global health ecosystem through the power of information and technology.
National Association of Health Data Organizations
Non-profit membership and educational association dedicated to improving health care data collection and use.
National Network of Public Health Institutes
Organization working to cultivate data science leaders in public health, work includes identifying core competencies for data science professionals.

Data Analytics

Data Science Association
Non-profit professional association of data scientists with a mission to promote data science to improve life, business, and government, and set standards for the ethical professional practice of data science.
INFORMS
International association for professionals in operations research and analytics
SIGKDD
The Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, a community for data mining, data science, and analytics.

Bio/medical Informatics

International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
Leading professional society for computational biology and bioinformatics
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
A community committed to the vision of a world where informatics transforms people’s care.

Biostatistics

American Statistical Association (ASA)
Promoting the practice and profession of statistics.

D&B Hoovers This link opens in a new window
162 million+ public, private, and nonprofit global companies. Create lists of companies that match a given set of criteria. Find companies headquartered in one country that have an office in another country.
Orbis This link opens in a new window
306+ million public and private companies worldwide, strong international coverage
PrivCo This link opens in a new window
Information on private companies, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed, and international unlisted companies
PitchBook This link opens in a new window
PE and VC-backed company information. Screen for companies, browse emerging verticals and sectors.

Users are limited to 10 downloads per day and 25 downloads per month. (1 download = 1 row of data on an Excel file).

H-1B Employer Data Hub
Search for employers that have submitted petitions to employ H-1B nonimmigrant workers by location and industry.

Nonprofit

GuideStar Pro This link opens in a new window
A database of millions of US nonprofit organizations. Search for organizations and people by name, geography, financials, or a variety of other criteria. Reports include general information on the nonprofit, people, mission and programs, goals and results, Form 990 filings, and financial data.
Foundation Directory Online This link opens in a new window
Search for U.S. grant-making organizations and recipients by topic and geography.

Government

Leadership Connect This link opens in a new window
Search for Federal organizations by location and subject area. Find contact information for alumni or other individuals by their position or organization.

IBISWorld: Industry This link opens in a new window
A collection of market research reports for over 700 U.S. industries and almost 60 global industries. Reports are typically 30-60 pages in length and include key statistics, market segmentation, market characteristics, industry conditions, key factors, key competitors, industry performance, and outlook.
BCC Research This link opens in a new window
BCC's market research reports explore major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology organizations. Industry analysis and market forecasts for advanced materials, high-tech systems and components, nanotechnology and novel processing methods are at the forefront of the company's expertise.
Statista: the leading statistics portal This link opens in a new window
Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.

Technavio Global Reports (via EMIS)
Market research reports on global industries including, communication, consumer services/discretionary/staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, and utilities.
Technavio Country/Regional Reports (via EMIS)
Market research reports on country/regional industries including, communication, consumer services/discretionary/staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, and utilities.