| ISBER Communities of Practice |
Get involved in ISBER Communities of PracticeISBER communities of practice (CoP) take on leadership roles within the society, with each CoP targeting a different area of focus. From providing biobanking expertise to creating partnership opportunities to planning the program of ISBER meetings, ISBER relies on the invaluable work of its volunteers to operate. Learn more about each ISBER community of practice below. The Education and Training CoP works to identify and implement mechanisms to ensure that ISBER members have access to information and tools to effectively operate repositories for the preservation of specimens for future research and analysis. Key Accomplishments:
Goals for 2025:
Steering Committee Chair:
Steering Committee Chair
Marianne Henderson, MS, CPC CMP National Cancer Institute Maryland, United States Steering Committee Members:
Ahmed Abdelhafiz
Jennifer Byrne, BSc (Hons), PhD
Marta Castelhano, DVM, MVSc
Cherissa Clardy, MSMS
Debra Garcia
Susan Garrison
Cassandra Griffin, BA, BiomedSci and MPH
Birendra Kumar Yadav, PhD, MBA
Helen Morrin
Tamsin Tarling Steering Committee Advisors:
Diane McGarvey
Clare Allocca, MS, PMP Purpose: Coordinate and to be a voice for the perspectives of the ISBER membership and the Society on policy issues related to biological and environmental repositories. Activities include communicating with the membership on emerging science policy issues, providing analysis of policies and regulations that may affect the biorepository community, and sharing information on emerging global policy issues related to biorepositories. Information sharing may include collaboration with other allied individuals or groups, such as BBMRI-ERIC, Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R), the Research, Development, and Regulatory Roundtable (R3), and other groups with common interests on specific policy issues or topics.
Policy statements and projects the CoP undertakes may stem from the interests of CoP members or are developed in response to requests for public comment through formal or informal rule-making or policy development processes.
Position Statements: View statements and comments prepared by the Science Policy Committee relating to current and past issues (2011- 2020)Science Policy Resources and Tools: Click here for links to useful resources for ethical, legal and societal guidelines and regulations for biorepository policy development, management and research.Steering Committee Chair: 
Steering Committee ChairRita Lawlor, PhD, CIPP/E, CIPM ARC - NET Centre for Applied Research on Cancer Verona, Italy Steering Committee Members:
Marianna Bledsoe, MA
Kelsey Dillehay McKillip, PhD
Catherine Kennedy, BSc (Hons)
Alison Parry-Jones, PhD, MA, MRSC
Brent Schacter, MD FRCPC
Aaron Goldenberg, PhD
Elizabeth Mayne, PhD
Jennifer Kealy, BSc, MPH
Carol J. Weil, JD
Marianne Henderson, MS Helen Morrin, MA Mark Barnes, JD Annette Schmid, PhD Abbie Willetto, BS, MA Cris Woolston, PhD Cherissa Clardy, MSMS Sandra Nanyonga, MS Committee Advisors:
William Grizzle, MD PhD
Helen Moore, PhD The Standards CoP serves as an advisory group that provides biobanking expertise on behalf of ISBER to establish consistent biobanking standards and brings groups with different knowledge perspectives together to harness collective intelligence regarding biobanking standards. Goals:
Steering Committee Chair:
Steering Committee Chair
Samantha Higgins, MSc, BSc Victoria Cancer Biobank Melbourne, Australia Steering Committee Members:
Monique Albert, MSc, PMP Clare Allocca, MS, PMP Karolin Bergenstråhle Marta Castelhano, DVM, MVSc Annemieke De Wilde, MSc Bonginkosi Duma Koh Furuta, MD PhD Azra Hasan, PhD, PMP Shannon McCall, MD Dianne Peterson Karine Sargsyan, MD Brent Schacter, B.Sc.(Med), MD, FRCPC
Emma Snapes
Peter Watson, MB B.Chir FRCPC Join a Community of PracticeThank you for your interest in joining as an affiliate for our ISBER Communities of Practice! Please review the CoP details above prior to joining. To request to join an ISBER CoP Steering Committee as an affiliate member, Click from the links below and choose "Join Committee". If you have any questions, contact info@isber.org. Become a Education & Training CoP Affiliate Member Become a Science Policy CoP Affiliate Member Become a Standards CoP Affiliate Member Please note that only ISBER members are eligible to serve on ISBER CoP Steering Committees as affiliate members. |
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