LMP2208H: The Science of Biobanking

For Pathologists' Assistant students in the MHsc in Laboratory Medicine program.

This is a one-term (0.5 FCE) lecture/seminar course meeting weekly for two hours.

You will gain a strong understanding of Best Practices in biobank operations including topics such as:

• governance and ethics
• patient/donor identification and consent
• specimen collection
• processing, storage, and data annotation
• retrieval for use in research studies.

You will also become familiar with facility requirements, staff training, and quality management needed to optimally support biomedical research.

Course coordinator

Dr. Dianne Chadwick

[email protected]

Together with the Teaching Assistant, the course coordinator:

• develops the curriculum
• assigns case studies and presentations
• provides lectures
• invites guest speakers.