Centre for Occupational, Environmental and Respiratory Disease (COERD) Biorepository, Canada

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: To create a biobank for future research purposes in the area of air pollutants and how it human health, particularly in the area of respiratory research using unused samples and existing data from an array of air pollution studies.

Registered Biobank Name Centre for Occupational, Environmental and Respiratory Disease (COERD) Biorepository
Biobank Leader Agnes Yuen
Country Canada
Email for biobank inquiries agnes.yuen@ubc.ca
Principal Investigator Chris Carlsten
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
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