Improving Health with Data Science
Through individual behaviors, socioeconomic status and environmental factors, 80% to 90% of modifiable contributors to health occur outside of direct medical care.
Sanford Research is working to improve the health of patients and communities by using data-driven techniques and community partnerships to better understand these social determinants of health and their intersection with health care delivery.
Our areas of expertise:
- Health services research
- Data science
- Substance use and addiction
- Mental health outcomes
- Rural Health
- Eating disorders, obesity and bariatric surgery
- Domestic violence
With timely access to health care data from a comprehensive rural health system, data science and analytics help direct evidence-based population health.
Our research group supports:
- NIH funded Health Outcomes and Population Health Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE)
- Data Collaborative
- Center for Biobehavioral Research
Shared Resources
Research Design and Biostatistics Core
The Research Design and Biostatistics Core provides assistance with research projects including planning and designing research studies, collecting and managing data, analyzing data, and interpreting and presenting results. We work to expand research and evaluation infrastructure and capacity for Sanford Health and its partners.
Email us or submit a Core Service Request Form.
Behavioral Economics Core
The Behavioral Economics (BE) Core advises on behavioral economics, implementation sciences, and cost effectiveness analyses to translate research findings into clinical practice.
Data Collaborative
The Sanford Data Collaborative provides leading researchers with the opportunity to access real-life, timely health care data. We have partnerships with academic institutions across the region.
Evaluation Services
The Behavioral Science group provides evaluation services to help nonprofit government entities produce evidence-based, culturally appropriate practices.
Sanford Health News
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Research nurses publish study on living through COVID-19
Rural RNs share impact of pandemic on work and home life in close-knit communities
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Cardiologist from Poland visits U.S. to learn from Sanford
Dr. Pawel Buszman discusses population health, inherited heart disease, and early detection
Classes & Events
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PROMISE Summer Camps
Tue 07/12/22 8:00 AM - Tue 07/12/22 4:00 PM
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PROMISE Summer Camps
Fri 07/15/22 8:00 AM - Fri 07/15/22 4:00 PM
Sanford PROMISE Community Lab