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
dianne.chadwick@sri.utoronto.ca
Together with the Teaching Assistant, the course coordinator:
- develops the curriculum
- assigns case studies and presentations
- provides lectures
- invites guest speakers.