Resources for Biospecimen and Biobanking Research

• Instructions on the Collection and Sharing of Data and Tissue Specimens  [PDF]
• Guidelines for Writing a Specimen/Data Collection and Banking Research Protocol  [PDF]
• Linked and Anonymous Specimens  [PDF]
• Coded Specimen Research Guidance  [LINK]
• DFCI IRB Requirements Regarding Honest Broker  [PDF]

   Forms

• Medical Record Review  [Form] | [Guidelines]
• Research Use of Human Material/Tissue  [Form]  
• Request for Exemption or Determination that Activity is Not Human Subject Research  [Form] | [Guidance]

  DFCI Cancer Research Study

• DFCI IRB Approved Cancer Research Study Consent  [PDF]
• DFCI IRB Cancer Research Study Information Sheet  [PDF]

   Resources Relating to CLIA Requirements

• CLIA and Clinical Trials  [PPT]

   Publicly Available Information from Other Institutions

• "Front Door" Consent for Biospecimens (MD Anderson)  [PDF]
• Partners HRC Policy and Guidance: Section 15: Tissue Banks and Repositories  [LINK]

   Government Resources

• NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources  [LINK]
• BioLINCC - a clinical specimen database to search for open specimen collections, request processes, and study datasets and biospecimens  [LINK]

   Articles

• Developing a Simplified Consent Form for Biobanking  [PDF]
• National and International Biobanking Programs and Networks  [PDF]
• Research Participants Perspectives  [PDF]
• Whitehead Institute: Scientists Expose New Vulnerabilities in the Security of Personal Genetic Information  [LINK]