Beaumont health system biobank: a multidisciplinary biorepository and translational research facility.
The Beaumont BioBank model is a multidisciplinary facility that is designed to provide access and opportunity for research-minded clinicians to become involved in research without the need for their own research infrastructure, thus increasing the research effort across the Health System. We describe a biobank model that works primarily in operating rooms for tissue collection and utilizes a generic consent process to facilitate rapid and accurate collection of biospecimens. The model combines both a biorepository that collects specimens based on clinical questions and also a translational research facility that undertakes biomarker-based research on those specimens in a seamless and efficient process. We believe that the Beaumont BioBank model would be readily applicable and reproducible in other academic healthcare systems.
1 Beaumont BioBank, Beaumont Health System and Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine , Royal Oak, Michigan.
Jan
J
Akervall
Barbara L
BL
Pruetz
Timothy J
TJ
Geddes
Dianna
D
Larson
David J
DJ
Felten
George D
GD
Wilson
D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D019295:Computational Biology; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009926:Organ Preservation; D011786:Quality Control; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States