Advanced Technologies

Westat uses the most advanced technologies in infrastructure, software, and security. We support clients’ research challenges by using powerful computer-assisted interviewing systems, survey processing tools, and innovative statistical software.

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Westat optimizes clients’ clinical trials and disease surveillance studies, swiftly generating crucial insights to protect and enhance the nation’s health. Our researchers tackle emerging questions and concerns about vaccine effectiveness and diseases with precision and expertise.

Communications

Reaching and influencing audiences can be difficult without strategic communications planning. Westat’s award-winning communications team offers clients creative, data-driven, high-impact health promotion messages through multiple media channels, events, and partnerships, encouraging positive health behaviors for targeted populations.

Data Collection

Data is the foundation of research requiring unparalleled skill in collecting it. Westat offers clients this expertise beginning with training data collectors and recruiting and maintaining active participants to choosing the best collection methods, managing the process, and handling environmental and biological specimens.

Data Science

Delivering timely, quality data and helping our clients understand them is our priority. By empowering data through advanced analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, geographic information systems, and data visualization techniques, Westat enables clients to drive smart solutions to advance public health.

Evaluation and Mixed-Methods Research

Are the nation’s social programs and policies actually succeeding? Can they be more effective? Westat’s impact, implementation, and outcome evaluations answer these questions, helping clients course correct, if necessary, or embrace new approaches to achieve more favorable results for various populations.

Statistical Methods

Westat is world-renowned for advanced, creative statistical methods that fuel solutions to client challenges. Our deep understanding of survey statistics, analysis and modeling, data harmonization and data linkage, and data privacy guarantees delivery of trusted data to inform smart decisions.

Survey Design

Whether clients require large national studies or small surveys, the data quality must be exceptional. Westat’s trailblazing multimode data collection strategies, interview techniques and data management and harmonization methods guarantees this so that clients can solve the challenges they face.

Technical Assistance

Whether the need is for designing and implementing system change initiatives, engaging stakeholders, developing trainings, or creating tools and products to expeditiously yield results, Westat responds with innovative, custom-tailored technical assistance (TA)—helping clients help recipients achieve end goals.