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Workforce Development Drives Solutions to Rural Healthcare ShortagesDecember 2025
Rural communities face disproportionate shortages of healthcare professionals, resulting in diminished access to care, longer wait times, fewer available services, and, ultimately, poorer health outcomes.…
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Expert Interview
Responsible Synthetic Data: Unlocking Insights While Safeguarding PrivacyDecember 2025
From electronic health records (EHRs) to federal statistics, synthetic data are rapidly transforming how organizations share and analyze information, offering new ways to unlock insights…
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Expert Interview
Moving AHEAD by Overcoming Potential Challenges to Healthcare TransformationNovember 2025
Healthcare access and costs in the U.S. continue to move in opposite directions—access is declining while costs keep rising. Americans need innovative solutions that tackle…
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Westat Experts Explore the Future of Quantum Computing
January 9, 2026
Westat experts joined other leading researchers, government innovators, industry partners, and students at Unlocking the Potential of Quantum Computing: A Symposium for the Quantum-Curious, hosted…
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Workforce Development Drives Solutions to Rural Healthcare Shortages
December 17, 2025
Rural communities face disproportionate shortages of healthcare professionals, resulting in diminished access to care, longer wait times, fewer available services, and, ultimately, poorer health outcomes.…
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Westat @ JSM 2025: Enriching Society with Statistics
July 24, 2025
Westat staff will be participating in the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), the largest annual gathering of statisticians and data scientists in North America. Held…
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Westat Experts Present at AAPOR 2025
May 6, 2025
Westat’s public opinion and survey methodology experts are heading to the 80th Annual American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Conference, in St. Louis, MO,…
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Leveraging Quantum Computing to Accelerate Biomedical Innovations
March 24, 2025
Quantum computing is poised to revolutionize health care and biomedical research, making a tangible impact on Americans’ everyday lives. By rapidly analyzing vast genetic and…
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Collaborating to Enhance Student Success Nationwide
January 24, 2025
Sharing best practices, creating connections, and collaboratively tackling challenges to improve student success was the purpose of the recent Promise Neighborhoods and Full-Service Community Schools…
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Westat Work Shines at 2024 APHSA EMWB Conference
September 25, 2024
Westat human services experts recently presented at the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)’s Economic Mobility and Well-Being (EMWB) Conference in Portland, Oregon. At the…
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Westat Tools Help Protect Child Passengers
September 19, 2024
Vehicle crashes are a major cause of injuries and fatalities among children, a problem safety groups in the U.S. acknowledge and work to minimize by…
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Westat Summer Interns Reflect on 2024 Program
August 9, 2024
This June, Westat had the pleasure of welcoming 11 undergraduate and graduate students from across the country to our 2024 Summer Intern cohort. As they…
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Can Machine Learning Automate the Creation of Data Catalogs?
August 5, 2024
Many research and evaluation questions can be answered using extant data from surveys, program evaluations, and administrative data. Data catalogs help support the use of…
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