Data Resources

University of Utah Resources

  • Wasatch Front Research Data Center (WFRDC) is a member of the national network of Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDC), and serves the urban core of Utah, often called the Wasatch Front, as well as the state and the Intermountain region.
  • Utah Population Database (UPDB) at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah is one of the world’s richest sources of in-depth information that supports research on genetics, epidemiology, demography, and public health..
  • MesoWest collects weather data from numerous public sources and provides access to current and past.
  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey has created the most detailed three-dimensional maps of the universe ever made, with deep multi-color images of one third of the sky, and spectra for more than three million astronomical objects.
  • Research Data Management provides information on some of the most important aspects of data mangement.

University of Utah Services and Groups

  • University of Utah Health Data Science Services is the research data concierge for UHealth EDW/Epic data, DSS offers the following services such as Feasibility, Datasets, Analytics, Clinical Trials, Natural Language Processing, Data Management, Tools and Applications, and Collaborations.
  • Biomedical Informatics Core (BMIC) of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) provides comprehensive clinical and translational research informatics support to researchers through a variety of means, including education, consultation, and service delivery.
  • Cores and Recharge Centers include 42 shared core facilities that offer a variety of advanced technologies, equipment, and capabilities. The Cores facilitate research with specialized equipment run by dedicated and highly trained directors and staff.
  • Interdisciplinary Exchange for Utah Science (NEXUS) is a research center that serves the University of Utah’s strategic research priorities. The mission of NEXUS is to address society’s grand social challenges by promoting interdisciplinary research and team science.
  • Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute has established itself as an internationally recognized leader in visualization, scientific computing, and image analysis research applied to a broad range of domains.
  • Surgical Population Analysis Research Core (SPARC) strives to improve surgical care by supporting a core group of faculty, connecting them to a diverse set of big datasets, providing analytic and visualization services, and obtaining extramural funding.
  • Technology Licensing Office aims to be a leader in innovation management that creates value for the University of Utah, its stakeholders, and society.

National and International Resources

Common Fund Datasets

  • Common Fund Data Ecosystem Search Portal
  • 4D Nucleome (4DN): Reference nucleomics and imaging data sets, including an expanding tool set for open data processing and visualization
  • Extracellular RNA Communication (exRNA): Catalog of exRNA molecules found in human biofluids like plasma, saliva, and urine; and potential exRNA biomarkers for diseases
  • Gabriella First Kids First (KF): Data from whole-genome sequencing of cohorts with structural birth defects and/or susceptibility to childhood cancer, with associated phenotypic and clinical data
  • Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx): Whole genome- and RNA sequence data from multiple human tissues to study tissue-specific gene expression and regulation, including tissue samples
  • Glycoscience (GL): A data integration and dissemination project for carbohydrate and glycoconjugate related data
  • Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP): An open and global platform to map healthy cells in the human body to determine how the relationships between cells can affect the health of an individual
  • H3Africa: The initiative consists of 51 African projects across 30 African countries that include population-based genomic studies of common, non-communicable disorders such as heart and renal disease, as well as communicable diseases such as tuberculosis
  • Human Microbiome Project (HMP): Characterization of 5 major human body sites and three cohorts using multiomics, including16s and metagenomics shotgun sequencing
  • Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG): Data on understudied druggable proteins, including mRNA and protein expression data, phenotype associations, bioactivity data, drug target interactions, disease links, and functional information
  • Integrated Human Microbiome Project (iHMP): Microbiome, epigenomic, metabolomic, and phenotypic data for three cohorts
  • Knockout Mouse Phenotyping Program (KOMP2): Data from broad, standardized phenotyping of a genome-wide collection of mouse knockouts
  • Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS): Molecular signatures that describe how different types of cells respond to a variety of agents that disrupt normal cellular function
  • Metabolomics Workbench: Metabolomics data and metadata from studies on cells, tissues, and organisms
  • Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity in Humans (MoTrPAC): Data contain assay-specific results, associated metadata, quality control reports, and animal phenotype data related to molecular transducers that underlie the effects of physical activity
  • Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC): Maps and tools to identify and influence therapeutic targets that exist within the neural circuitry of a wide range of organs and tissues
  • Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN): Provides clinical, multiomics, and model organism data to provide answers for patients and families affected by these mysterious conditions

Are we missing key resources?
This is a growing list and we appreciate your help in including important resources here, please contact Penny Atkins with additional resources that should be included.