Biorepository Operations and Dissemination Subcommittee

The Biorepository Operations and Dissemination Subcommittee is responsible for developing the committee charter, managing and overseeing consortium biorepository policies and procedures, making recommendations for protocol development, ensuring that protocol-specific laboratory manuals comply with overall policies and procedures, reviewing biorepository tracking reports and sample sharing policies, recommending mediation plans if necessary, reporting to the Steering Committee, and participating in annual reviews.

Primary Functions

Develop and oversee consortium Biorepository policy and procedures and sample use policy
Make recommendations to protocol development and data management subcommittees
Ensure protocol specific laboratory manuals comply with overall policies and procedures
Review biorepository tracking reports, sample sharing policies, recommend mediation plans (if needed), report to SC, and participate in annual QC/QA annual review
Review proposals that request the use of biospecimens for scientific rigor, availability of requested samples, and consolidation of analyses when possible.

Subcommittee Members

Kristin Newby, MD, MHS, DCRI, Committee Chair

Laren Becker, MD, Stanford University

Stefan Green, PhD, Rush University

Marybeth Joshi, MPH, Director, Duke University

Bryan Killinger, PhD, Rush University

Kathleen Poston, MD, MS, Stanford University

Robin Voigt-Zuwala, PhD, Rush University

Rodolfo Savica, MD, PhD, Rush University

Terez Shea-Donohue, PhD, Project Scientist, NIDDK

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