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Seattle Forum
[ Agenda ] [ Webcast ] [ Presentations ] [ General Background Materials ]
Agenda
Please click on the link below to download the forum agenda.
Seattle Forum Agenda
PDF Document: 42 KB
Forum Summary
Please click on the link below to download a summary of the forum proceedings.
Seattle Forum Summary
PDF Document: 227 KB
Webcast
The Webcast of the January 28, 2008, NCI Biospecimen Best Practices Forum held in Seattle, Washington, is accessible via the link below.
Seattle Forum Webcast
Presentations |
| 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
John D. Potter, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Program Head
Gastrointestinal Oncology Program Member
Cancer Prevention Research Program
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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| Part 1: Overview and Discussion of NCI Best Practices |
| 8:15 a.m. - 8:35 a.m. |
NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources
Why Do We Need Biospecimen Best Practices?
PDF Document: 1.38 MB
Carolyn C. Compton, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (OBBR)
National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
| 8:35 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. |
Overview of Technical and Operational Best Practices
State-of-the-Science Biospecimen Handling: Real-World Perspective
PDF Document: 276 KB
Janet Warrington, Ph.D.
Vice President, Standards and Government Policy
Affymetrix, Inc. |
| 8:55 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. |
Question-and-Answer Session (open microphone) |
| 9:15 a.m. - 9:35 a.m. |
Overview of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Best Practices
Ethical, Legal, and Policy Implications of Using Human Specimens in Research: What You Need To Know
PDF Document: 107 KB
Karen Thiel, Ph.D., J.D.
Associate
Patton Boggs, LLP |
| 9:35 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. |
The Importance of Best Practices to Patients, Survivors, Advocates, and the General Public
It's All About the Patient: Putting Biospecimen Research in Perspective
PDF Document: 3.14 MB
Deborah Collyar
President
Patient Advocates in Research |
| 9:55 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
Question-and-Answer Session (open microphone) |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Break (light snacks will be served) |
| Part 2: Informatics Best Practices and Economic Issues for Biospecimen Resources |
| 10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. |
caBIG™, caTissue, and Achieving Silver-Level Compatibility
Informatics Solutions to Biospecimen Management: Finding the Right Tools For Your Resource
PDF Document: 1.35 MB
Ian Fore, D.Phil.
Associate Director for Biospecimen and Pathology Informatics
NCI Center for Bioinformatics |
| 10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. |
Cost Recovery Models and Other Economic Issues
Involved in the Implementation of the NCI Best Practices
PDF Document: 1.14 MB
Jim Vaught, Ph.D., Deputy Director, OBBR, NCI
Lisa Miranda, Technical Director
Tumor Tissue and Biospecimen Bank
University of Pennsylvania |
| 11:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
Question-and-Answer Session (open microphone) |
| Part 3: Next Steps for Updating the NCI Best Practices and Overview of Discussion/Demonstration Sessions |
| 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
Assessing the Effects of Preanalytical Variables on Molecular Research: The Biospecimen Research Network
PDF Document: 870 KB
Helen Moore, Ph.D.
Administrative Director, Biospecimen Research Network
OBBR, NCI |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. |
The Biospecimen Research Database
PDF Document: 1.31 MB
Ian Fore, D.Phil.
NCI Center for Bioinformatics |
| 12 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
Question-and-Answer Session (open microphone) |
| 12:15 p.m. - 12:25 p.m. |
Charge for the Discussion/Demonstration Sessions
Carolyn C. Compton, M.D., Ph.D.
OBBR, NCI |
| 12:25 p.m. - 1 p.m. |
Break (Light snacks will be served, and boxed lunches will be available for purchase.) |
| Part 4: Concurrent Discussion/Demonstration Sessions |
| 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. |
Concurrent Discussion/Demonstration Sessions
[ More Info ]
- Biospecimen Science
Helen Moore, Ph.D., OBBR, NCI
Richard G. Hegele, M.D., FRCPC, Ph.D.
PDF Document: 431 KB
Professor and Head
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of British Columbia
Beatrice S. Knudsen, M.D., Ph.D.
PDF Document: 126 KB
Assistant Member
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Lawrence D. True, M.D.
PDF Document: 1021 KB
Professor of Pathology
University of Washington School of Medicine
- Discussion of Cost Recovery Models and Other Economic Issues Involved in the Implementation of the NCI Best Practices
Jim Vaught, Ph.D., OBBR, NCI
Martin L. Ferguson, Ph.D.
PDF Document: 362 KB
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences
Consultant and Cofounder of Ardais Corporation
Lisa Miranda, Tumor Tissue and Biospecimen Bank
University of Pennsylvania
- Demonstration of caBIG™ Biospecimen Resource Management Tools
PDF Document: 2.84 MB
Ian Fore, D.Phil.
NCI Center for Bioinformatics
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| 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
Break (light snacks will be served) |
| Part 5: Closing and Adjournment |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. |
Discussion Session Report, Question-and-Answer Session, and Closing Remarks
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| 3 p.m. |
Adjournment |
General Background Materials |
| NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources |
NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources
PDF Document: 202 KB
The NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources outlines the operational, technical, ethical, legal, and policy best practices for NCI-supported biospecimen resources. |
| Informatics |
Implementing the NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources:
PDF Document: 35 KB
Bioinformatics and caBIG™-An Overview
Directed at scientists, consumer advocates, and biospecimen resource directors, this fact sheet prepared by the NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and the NCI OBBR highlights the value and need for caBIG™ and is useful to stakeholder groups interested in data handling and sharing for biospecimen resources. |
Implementing the NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources:
PDF Document: 80 KB
Bioinformatics and caBIG™-Next Steps
This document is designed for biospecimen resource stakeholders who have been introduced to the caBIG™ initiative and are evaluating options and next steps for adopting caBIG™ or becoming caBIG™ compatible. It is a tool to help biospecimen resources make informed decisions about informatics options that would align them with the NCI Best Practices. |
| Materials for Advocates and the General Public |
Biospecimen Basics
PDF Document: 149 KB
This informational publication issued by the NCI OBBR is designed to increase awareness and understanding among advocates and the interested public of the importance and role of biospecimens in cancer research. It outlines the need for and purpose of best practices for biospecimen resources.
Providing Your Tissue for Research: What You Need To Know
PDF Document: 220 KB
This NCI brochure will aid patients in making informed decisions about donating biospecimens for research.
Research Advocacy Network publications:
Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups publication:
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| Personalized Health Care |
Personalized Health Care: Opportunities, Pathways, Resources
Issued in September 2007, this is the first report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on its Initiative on Personalized Health Care. This report delineates crucial areas of consensus upon which work must be focused to achieve personalized health care. |
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