VCHRI Clinical Research Unit Biobanking Services, Canada

Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties
Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group
Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper

Certification Status: Invite Member

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The VCHRI Clinical Research Unit biobanking service provides biobanking services on a contract basis to researchers. The VCHRI CRUâ€™s flexible service model allows each biobank to choose which services they wish to use and can involve day-to-day activities such as patient consent, sample collection and processing. Each individual biobank is responsible for managing a system that allows researchers to access samples for ethically approved research protocols.

Registered Biobank Name	VCHRI Clinical Research Unit Biobanking Services
Biobank Leader	Michelle Storms
Country	Canada
Email for biobank inquiries	michelle.storms@vch.ca
Principal Investigator	David Shaeffer
User Type Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper	Poly - Collection aimed at supporting undetermined, multiple users with ethics approved research projects, through a defined access/application mechanism.

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