NCI Biospecimen Best Practices Forum - Seattle

Bell Harbor International Conference Center
Seattle, Washington
January 28, 2008

[ Agenda ] [ Webcast ] [ Presentations ] [ General Background Materials ]

Agenda

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Seattle Forum Agenda

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Forum Summary

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Seattle Forum Summary

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Webcast

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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
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
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 Discussion Session Summary: Biospecimen Science PDF Document: 118 KB Discussion Session Summary: Cost Recovery Models and Other Economic Issues Involved in Implementing the NCI Best Practices PDF Document: 113 KB Demonstration Session Summary: Demonstration of caBIG™ Biospecimen Resource Management Tools PDF Document: 117 KB
3 p.m.	Adjournment

General Background Materials

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:

Why Is It Important for Me To Consider Donating My Tissue for Research?
PDF Document: 364 KB
The Importance of Tissue Samples in Research
PDF Document: 304 KB

Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups publication:

Cancer Research: A Guide to Clinical Research—Tissue and Its Use
PDF Document: 523 KB

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.