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Membership list

More than 200 institutions have partnered with us through the membership program – you can see the list of current members below.

  1. A

    1. Australia (8)
      1. Australian Catholic University
      2. Deakin University
      3. La Trobe University
      4. University Of Melbourne
      5. University of Newcastle (Australia)
      6. University of South Australia
      7. University of Western Australia
      8. Western Sydney University
    2. Austria (6)
      1. Institute of Science and Technology Austria
      2. Medizinische Universität Innsbruck | Medical University of Innsbruck
      3. Technische Universitaet Graz
      4. Technische Universität Wien
      5. Universitaet Wien
      6. Universität Innsbruck

  2. B

    1. Brazil (1)
      1. Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

  3. C

    1. Canada (13)
      1. Concordia University
      2. Dalhousie University
      3. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Health Canada (HC)
      4. Simon Fraser University
      5. University of British Columbia
      6. University of Manitoba
      7. University of Ottawa
      8. University of Saskatchewan
      9. University of Toronto
      10. University of Waterloo
      11. University of Windsor
      12. Université Laval
      13. Université de Montréal
    2. Chile (1)
      1. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)
    3. China (2)
      1. Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
      2. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases China CDC (Prepay Membership)

  4. D

    1. Denmark (4)
      1. Danish Air Ambulance
      2. The Prehospital Medical Emergency Services, Region Midtjylland
      3. University of Copenhagen
      4. University of Southern Denmark

  5. F

    1. Finland (4)
      1. National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
      2. Tampere University Foundation (Tampere University) together with Tampere University Hospital and Tampere University of Applied Sciences
      3. University of Helsinki
      4. University of Oulu
    2. France (1)
      1. Institut Pasteur

  6. G

    1. Germany (2)
      1. Bayer Animal Health
      2. Bayer Pharma/Bayer Healthcare AG

  7. H

    1. Hong Kong SAR China (1)
      1. The University of Hong Kong

  8. I

    1. India (1)
      1. National Centre for Biological Sciences
    2. Ireland (1)
      1. Teagasc - Agriculture & Food Development Authority, Ireland
    3. Israel (1)
      1. Weizmann Institute of Science
    4. Italy (7)
      1. Centro di Riferimento Oncologico Aviano
      2. Università degli Studi dell’Insubria
      3. Università degli Studi di Milano
      4. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
      5. Università degli Studi di Torino
      6. Università degli studi di Brescia
      7. Università degli studi di Sassari

  9. J

    1. Japan (1)
      1. Tokyo Women's Medical University

  10. M

    1. Malaysia (2)
      1. Clinical Research Centre (CRC) Perak
      2. Clinical Research Centre Malaysia

  11. N

    1. Netherlands (9)
      1. Erasmus MC
      2. Maastricht University
      3. NIVEL - The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
      4. Radboud University Nijmegen
      5. University of Amsterdam
      6. University of Groningen/UMCG
      7. University of Twente
      8. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
      9. Wageningen University & Research - Library
    2. New Zealand (1)
      1. University of Auckland
    3. Norway (2)
      1. Norwegian Institute of Public Health
      2. University of Oslo

  12. P

    1. Portugal (1)
      1. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra

  13. S

    1. Singapore (1)
      1. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
    2. South Africa (2)
      1. University of Cape Town
      2. University of South Africa
    3. South Korea (8)
      1. Catholic University of Korea
      2. Konkuk University Hospital
      3. KyungHee University Medical Center
      4. Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
      5. Seoul National University, College of Medicine
      6. Sookmyung Women's University
      7. Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
      8. Yonsei University Health System
    4. Spain (11)
      1. AIDS Research Network Unit - National Centre of Epidemiology (Carlos III)
      2. CSIC
      3. FIIBAP
      4. Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitaria (BIOEF)
      5. IDIAP Jordi Gol
      6. Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
      7. Tecnalia
      8. Universidad Publica de Navarra
      9. Universidad de Cadiz
      10. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
      11. Universitat Pompeu Fabra
    5. Switzerland (6)
      1. Kantonsspital Aarau
      2. Novartis Pharma AG
      3. Universite de Geneve
      4. Universite de Lausanne
      5. University of Basel
      6. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

  14. T

    1. Taiwan (6)
      1. National Cheng Kung University
      2. National Health Research Institutes (NHRI)
      3. National Taiwan Normal University
      4. National Taiwan University
      5. National Tsing Hua University
      6. Taipei Medical University
    2. Thailand (3)
      1. Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Medicine
      2. Mahidol University
      3. Rangsit University
    3. Trinidad & Tobago (1)
      1. University of the West Indies

  15. U

    1. United Kingdom (2)
      1. Group Research & Development Centre - British American Tobacco
      2. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
    2. United States (85)
      1. Atlanta University Center
      2. Bayer HealthCare LLC Animal Health
      3. Baylor University
      4. Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard
      5. Brown University
      6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Library)
      7. Clemson University
      8. Florida International University
      9. Fogarty International Center Center for Global Health Studies
      10. George Mason University
      11. Georgia Institute of Technology
      12. Houston Methodist
      13. ISBNPA
      14. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
      15. Indiana University at Bloomington
      16. Ionis Pharmaceuticals
      17. Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation
      18. J Craig Venter Institute
      19. Johns Hopkins University
      20. Kaiser Permanente
      21. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
      22. Louisiana State University
      23. Loyola University of Chicago
      24. MD Anderson Cancer Center
      25. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
      26. Meharry Medical College
      27. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
      28. Montana State University
      29. New England Biolabs
      30. New York College of Podiatric Medicine
      31. New York University
      32. Northeastern University
      33. Oakland University
      34. Oberlin Group of Libraries
      35. Ohio University
      36. PIH Health
      37. PSI Population Services International
      38. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
      39. Princeton University
      40. Purdue University
      41. Rand Corporation
      42. Rice University
      43. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Institute
      44. SUNY Upstate Medical University
      45. Sage Bionetworks
      46. Samuel Merritt University
      47. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
      48. Stanford University
      49. Stowers Institute for Medical Research
      50. Syracuse University
      51. Temple University
      52. Texas A&M University
      53. Texas Woman's University
      54. The Hershey Company
      55. Tufts University
      56. US Environmental Protection Agency
      57. University of Arizona
      58. University of Delaware
      59. University of Denver
      60. University of Florida
      61. University of Georgia
      62. University of Houston
      63. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
      64. University of Iowa
      65. University of La Verne
      66. University of Massachusetts Medical School
      67. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
      68. University of Michigan
      69. University of Minnesota
      70. University of Missouri College of Education
      71. University of New Hampshire
      72. University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
      73. University of North Texas
      74. University of Notre Dame
      75. University of Oklahoma (OU Health Sciences Center | OU Norman | OU Tulsa)
      76. University of Oregon
      77. University of Tennessee Knoxville
      78. University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
      79. University of Washington
      80. Vanderbilt University
      81. Virginia Tech
      82. Washington State University
      83. Wayne State University
      84. West Virginia University
      85. Yale University

  16. V

    1. Venezuela (1)
      1. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas - IVIC