About Us

What is SHOW?

The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) is an ongoing health survey of Wisconsin residents, started in 2008 and now has over 6,000 participants. SHOW maintains a wide range of self-reported and objective health data such as publicly available and restricted access datasets, as well as biological samples that are available to answer research questions. Additionally, investigators can hire SHOW as a research service to cost-effectively collect their own health survey data and biospecimen through an ancillary research study.

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Our Mission

The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin supports ongoing population health monitoring and research, fosters diverse partnerships, and supports ongoing education in order to promote population health equity and well-being in Wisconsin and beyond.

What services does SHOW offer?

With over 13 years of expertise, our staff and resources can assist with all areas of health research, including but not limited to:

Biobank of stored serum, plasma, and urine for analyses
Survey data
- Public Use Data
  - COVID-19 Public Use Data
  - 2008-2013 Public Use Data
- Restricted Use Data
  - Data Analysis
  - Learn more about SHOW Data and submit a data request
Research study infrastructure for new research or surveillance
- Request a free consult with our research team
UWCCC Shared Resource – SHOW SR

Acknowledgments

SHOW asks to be included in acknowledgements and/or funding sections of publications and reports which use SHOW data. Provided text is below.

Please use the following text in written reports or other publications which use SHOW data:

Funding for the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) was provided by the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) Partnership Education and Research Committee (PERC) Award (Grant #’s: 5139, 4444, 2971, 2309, 1686, 658). The authors would also like to thank the University of Wisconsin Survey Center, SHOW administrative, field, and scientific staff, as well as all the SHOW participants for their contributions to this study.

Please use the following text in written reports or other publications which use SHOW’s COVID-19 data:

Funding for the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) was provided by the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) Partnership Education and Research Committee (PERC) Award (Grant# 4444). The authors would also like to thank the University of Wisconsin investigators who developed the COVID-19 Community Impact Surveys, SHOW administrative, field, and scientific staff, as well as all the SHOW participants for their contributions to this study.

Please use the following text if you use SHOW survey instruments in your surveillance or research:

Surveys or survey questions used in this research [were adapted from/came from] those developed and used by the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW). The authors would also like to thank the University of Wisconsin investigators and SHOW scientific staff who developed and provided the survey instruments. Funding for the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) was provided by the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) Partnership Education and Research Committee (PERC) Award (Grant #’s: 5139, 4444, 2971, 2309, 1686, 658).

Citations

Please cite SHOW methods paper(s) in the methods section of publications if using (1) SHOW survey instruments in your surveillance or research, and/or (2) when referencing the sampling frame, study sample, survey design of the SHOW study, or general cohort demographics and response rates.

Malecki, K., Nikodemova, M., Schultz, A.A., LeCaire, T.J., Bersch, A.J., Bertram, L., Engelman, C.D., Hagen, E., Palta, M., Sethi, A.K. and Walsh, M.C., 2022. The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) Program: An infrastructure for advancing population health. Frontiers in public health, p.464.

Nieto, F.J., Peppard, P.E., Engelman, C.D., McElroy, J.A., Galvao, L.W., Friedman, E.M., Bersch, A.J. and Malecki, K.C., 2010. The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a novel infrastructure for population health research: rationale and methods. BMC public health, 10(1), pp.1-11.

Funding Statement

Based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health since 2008, SHOW received funding from the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) from 2004-2023. WPP supports efforts to improve the health of the people of Wisconsin by supporting partnerships between the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and local, regional, and statewide groups to address the most important health issues in Wisconsin.