Who's Counting? Locating and Using Gray Data in Health Sciences Research

Governments, non-profits, and international non-governmental organizations all collect and publish data that can be used for a variety of purposes in the health sciences, such as estimating disease prevalence across different regions or identifying potentially promising interventions for further study. But these “gray data” sources are often difficult to find and require researchers to understand their full context before analyzing them or bringing them together with other data sources. This session will cover some of the benefits of working with gray data, strategies for systematically locating data sources, and data management workflows for accurately reporting findings.