Science & Engineering Datasets: Health & Life
Guide content supports the teaching and research goals of multiple departments on campus. Content represents a non-exhaustive selection of essential resources and tools for engaging a wide range of backgrounds and viewpoints.
Health & Life Sciences
Biology
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WorldWide Protein Data BankThe single repository of information about the 3D structures of proteins, nucleic acids, and complex assemblies.
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Image Data ResourceA public repository of image datasets from published scientific studies, where the community can submit, search and access high-quality bioimage data.
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BioImage ArchiveThis free resource stores and distributes biological images. It accepts submissions of data from any imaging modality, as long as the data are either associated with a peer-reviewed publication, or of value beyond a single experiment.
Anthropometry
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NIOSH Anthropometry MeasurementsNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) anthropometry resources.
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Anthropometric Reference Data for Children and Adults, 1988-1994The NHANES data consist of household interview data and health examination data including human body measurements such as weight, height, and size, skinfold thicknesses, circumferences, lengths, and breadths.
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Anthropometric Reference Data for Children and Adults United States, 2003-2006Data obtained from 19,593 survey participants. The anthropometric measures included weight, height, recumbent length, circumferences, limb lengths, and skinfold thickness measurements.
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Army Anthropometric Survey (ANSUR) (U.S. Army, 1988)Includes a link to ANSUR 2 (2012) where more recent data can be downloaded.
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Firefighter Body Dimensions for Updating Safety Specifications for Fire Apparatus and Firefighter Protective EquipmentSeventy-one measurements relevant to the design of seats, seat belts, cabs, turnout gear, gloves, and head-and-face gear.
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Anthropometric Study of U.S. Truck Drivers Methods, Summary Statistics, and Multivariate Accommodation Models (NIOSH, 2015)A study based on 33 anthropometric dimensions plus shoe length and shoe width from a sample of 1,779 male and 171 female truck drivers from 15 states across the continental United States.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards(WHO, 2007)This website includes the WHO child growth standards, as well as the Anthro Survey Analyser and other tools that provide means to analyse anthropometric for children under 5 years of age.
Health
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Data at WHOThe World Health Organization databases and platforms, including global health estimates, mortality database, health inequality database, global health observatory, and sustainable development goals.
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Iowa Public Health Tracking PortalIowa country level data on public health including climate data on heat and precipitation.
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NIH-Supported Data Sharing ResourcesLists of data sharing repositories. Domain-specific repositories include clinical research, imaging, neuroscience, computational biology, sequence biology and behavioral and social sciences. Also includes a list a of generalist repositories.
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OpenNeuroA free and open platform for validating and sharing neuroimaging data, including BIDS-compliant MRI, PET, MEG, EEG, and iEEG data.
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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)NHANES collects data about the health of adults and children in the United States, including what participants eat, drink, and take as supplements to determine how many nutrients are in their diet to measure the nutritional status of U.S. adults and children.
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All of Us DataNIH Biomedical health data from a diverse group of participants from across the United States. Registered Researcher Workbench users can dive deeper into the data to conduct rapid, hypothesis-driven research; and build new methods for the future.
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Wellmark RepositoryThe Repository includes select administrative claims data and enrollment periods on individuals residing in Iowa and South Dakota who have health care insurance administered by Wellmark.
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UK BiobankUK Biobank is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource containing de-identified genetic, lifestyle and health information and biological samples from half a million UK participants.
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TSHS: Teaching of Statistics in the Health SciencesHealth Sciences datasets. These datasets are available for teaching purposes only.