WHOI Research Consulting Services
Empowering institutions, clinicians, policymakers, and nonprofits with evidence-based insights and advanced public health analytics.
Why Hire a Consulting Research Firm Like WHOI?
In today’s data-driven health landscape, the need for high-quality research arises at critical moments—when making policy decisions, launching clinical programs, pursuing grant funding, or evaluating emerging treatments. These moments are infrequent but pivotal. For many institutions, nonprofits, or clinical groups, building an internal research team for occasional projects is not practical. Yet the stakes are too high to leave research in the hands of someone without the right training or experience.
Establishing a fully functional internal research capability involves considerable investment:
- Hiring Costs: Recruiting a single experienced researcher can cost $80,000–$150,000+ annually, not including benefits.
- Time to Onboard: New hires require onboarding, training, and integration—taking months before producing deliverables.
- Tools & Infrastructure: High-quality research also demands software, data access, and licenses (SPSS, Stata, NVivo, data repositories, etc.).
- Management Overhead: Internal research teams require project supervision, review cycles, and collaboration across departments.
For organizations with occasional but critical research needs, this model is inefficient and cost-prohibitive.
On the other hand, delegating research to an existing staff member—such as a program coordinator or communications lead—can be risky. Even bright and capable staff may lack training in statistical methods, systematic reviews, or evidence synthesis. This can lead to:
- Misinterpretation of data
- Flawed methodologies
- Missed opportunities for insight or funding
- Liability or reputational risks when sharing findings publicly
In health-related fields, where research informs real-world decisions affecting people’s lives, accuracy and credibility matter.
WHOI provides a smart alternative—offering on-demand access to world-class research capabilities without the ongoing cost of an in-house team.
As a third-party consulting research firm, we deliver:
- Specialized Expertise: Our team includes experts in cancer, palliative care, chronic disease, plant-based medicine, and whole health.
- Large-Scale Data Resources: WHOI maintains proprietary databases and has access to expansive datasets, saving clients time and licensing fees.
- Peer-Reviewed Methodology: We produce publication-ready literature reviews, systematic reviews, and impact assessments with academic rigor.
- Custom Solutions: Every project is tailored to your goals, whether you’re influencing policy, launching a new program, or evaluating patient outcomes.
You get the insight and depth of a full research team—when you need it, how you need it, without the institutional burden.
WHOI Research Consulting Services
At WHOI, we offer a comprehensive suite of research consulting services designed to support organizations seeking rigorous, data-driven insights in complex health domains. With access to one of the world’s largest medical cannabis datasets and extensive public health repositories, our team delivers high-impact work grounded in advanced analytics and scientific integrity. Our expertise spans cancer, chronic disease, palliative care, pain management, medical cannabis, psychedelics, and whole health interventions.
What it is: Expertly crafted white papers translating complex research into compelling, accessible narratives.
Who it helps: Ideal for organizations seeking to influence policy, engage stakeholders, or educate the public using evidence-based storytelling.
Value: Builds credibility, enhances visibility, and bridges the gap between science and decision-making audiences.
What it is: Comprehensive overviews of the existing academic literature on a given topic, identifying trends, knowledge gaps, and consensus. Publication is handled by WHOI at every step, from writing to formatting to submission at a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Who it helps: Useful for researchers, clinicians, or policymakers preparing funding proposals, program designs, or health education materials.
Value: Informs strategy, supports grant applications, and strengthens scientific grounding of initiatives.
What it is: Rigorous, protocol-driven evaluations of all relevant research studies to answer a specific research question. Publication is handled by WHOI at every step, from writing to formatting to submission at a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Who it helps: Institutions or nonprofits evaluating intervention efficacy, clinical relevance, or treatment comparisons.
Value: Provides authoritative evidence for clinical guidelines, policy recommendations, or organizational decision-making.
What it is: Advanced statistical modeling, regression analysis, and machine learning applied to health and research data.
Who it helps: Organizations aiming to forecast health outcomes, identify patient risk factors, or evaluate intervention effectiveness.
Value: Enables data-driven planning, targeted interventions, and predictive health outcome modeling.
What it is: Extraction of hidden patterns, relationships, and insights from large-scale datasets using NLP, clustering, and data visualization.
Who it helps: Useful for organizations developing educational tools, digital health platforms, or strategic frameworks based on health data.
Value: Reveals connections that inform innovation, service design, and evidence-based communication.
What it is: Quantitative and qualitative assessments predicting the potential health outcomes of a program, policy, or intervention.
Who it helps: Policymakers, foundations, and advocacy groups seeking to forecast the public health implications of their work.
Value: Guides more effective programming, risk mitigation, and outcome measurement for population-level initiatives.
Our team brings deep subject-matter expertise and curated datasets in:
- Medical Cannabis: Clinical outcomes, dosing data, regulatory trends, and therapeutic efficacy.
- Psychedelics: Emerging science on mental health, neuroplasticity, and clinical protocols.
- Cancer & Palliative Care: Treatment efficacy, survivorship data, and whole health integration.
- Chronic Disease & Pain Management: Non-pharmaceutical interventions, longitudinal outcomes, and quality-of-life measures.
- Whole Health Approaches: Systems-based wellness models, integrative therapies, and patient-centered frameworks.
We tailor each engagement to the specific needs of our clients—whether to support a research initiative, inform policy design, evaluate a clinical pathway, or uncover transformative insights from complex datasets. To discuss your objectives and how WHOI can support them, contact us.
Connect With Our Team
If you’re looking to learn more about how our team can support you, we’d love to hear from you. Please fill out the contact form, and one of our team members will reach out to you directly.
Let’s explore how we can work together to make an impact.
