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Alkhatib R, Gaede KI. Data Management in Biobanking: Strategies, Challenges, and Future Directions. BIOTECH 2024; 13:34. [PMID: 39311336 PMCID: PMC11417763 DOI: 10.3390/biotech13030034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2024] [Revised: 08/23/2024] [Accepted: 08/31/2024] [Indexed: 09/26/2024] Open
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Biobanking plays a pivotal role in biomedical research by providing standardized processing, precise storing, and management of biological sample collections along with the associated data. Effective data management is a prerequisite to ensure the integrity, quality, and accessibility of these resources. This review provides a current landscape of data management in biobanking, discussing key challenges, existing strategies, and potential future directions. We explore multiple aspects of data management, including data collection, storage, curation, sharing, and ethical considerations. By examining the evolving technologies and methodologies in biobanking, we aim to provide insights into addressing the complexities and maximizing the utility of biobank data for research and clinical applications.
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- Ramez Alkhatib
- Biomaterial Bank Nord, Research Center Borstel Leibniz Lung Center, Parkallee 35, 23845 Borstel, Germany;
- German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Airway Research Centre North (ARCN), 22927 Großhansdorf, Germany
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- Biomaterial Bank Nord, Research Center Borstel Leibniz Lung Center, Parkallee 35, 23845 Borstel, Germany;
- German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Airway Research Centre North (ARCN), 22927 Großhansdorf, Germany
- PopGen 2.0 Biobanking Network (P2N), University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel University, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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Mc Cartney AM, Scholz AH, Groussin M, Staunton C. Benefit-Sharing by Design: A Call to Action for Human Genomics Research. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2024; 25:369-395. [PMID: 38608642 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-021623-104241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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The ethical standards for the responsible conduct of human research have come a long way; however, concerns surrounding equity remain in human genetics and genomics research. Addressing these concerns will help society realize the full potential of human genomics research. One outstanding concern is the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from research on human participants. Several international bodies have recognized that benefit-sharing can be an effective tool for ethical research conduct, but international laws, including the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, explicitly exclude human genetic and genomic resources. These agreements face significant challenges that must be considered and anticipated if similar principles are applied in human genomics research. We propose that benefit-sharing from human genomics research can be a bottom-up effort and embedded into the existing research process. We propose the development of a "benefit-sharing by design" framework to address concerns of fairness and equity in the use of human genomic resources and samples and to learn from the aspirations and decade of implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.
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- Ann M Mc Cartney
- Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA;
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- Department of Science Policy and Internationalisation, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany;
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany;
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- School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Institute for Biomedicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy;
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Shim JK, Foti N, Vasquez E, Fullerton SM, Bentz M, Jeske M, Lee SSJ. Community Engagement in Precision Medicine Research: Organizational Practices and Their Impacts for Equity. AJOB Empir Bioeth 2023; 14:185-196. [PMID: 37126431 PMCID: PMC10615663 DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2023.2201478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND In the wake of mandates for biomedical research to increase participation by members of historically underrepresented populations, community engagement (CE) has emerged as a key intervention to help achieve this goal. METHODS Using interviews, observations, and document analysis, we examine how stakeholders in precision medicine research understand and seek to put into practice ideas about who to engage, how engagement should be conducted, and what engagement is for. RESULTS We find that ad hoc, opportunistic, and instrumental approaches to CE exacted significant consequences for the time and resources devoted to engagement and the ultimate impacts it has on research. Critical differences emerged when engagement and research decisionmaking were integrated with each other versus occurring in parallel, separate parts of the study organization, and whether community members had the ability to determine which issues would be brought to them for consideration or to revise or even veto proposals made upstream based on criteria that mattered to them. CE was understood to have a range of purposes, from instrumentally facilitating recruitment and data collection, to advancing community priorities and concerns, to furthering long-term investments in relationships with and changes in communities. These choices about who to engage, what engagement activities to support, how to solicit and integrate community input into the workflow of the study, and what CE was for were often conditioned upon preexisting perceptions and upstream decisions about study goals, competing priorities, and resource availability. CONCLUSIONS Upstream choices about CE and constraints of time and resources cascade into tradeoffs that often culminated in "pantomime community engagement." This approach can create downstream costs when engagement is experienced as improvised and sporadic. Transformations are needed for CE to be seen as a necessary scientific investment and part of the scientific process.
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- Janet K Shim
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Sociology, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Bioethics & Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Ethics, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Ethics, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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Passmore SR, Jamison AM, Abdelwadoud M, Rogers TB, Wiggan M, Mullins DC, Thomas SB. Use of a Qualitative Story Deck to Create Scenarios and Uncover Factors Associated with African American Participation in Genomics Research. FIELD METHODS 2021; 33:159-174. [PMID: 34326707 PMCID: PMC8318208 DOI: 10.1177/1525822x20982089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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To gain a complex understanding of willingness to participate in genomics research among African Americans, we developed a technique specifically suited to studying decision making in a relaxed social setting. The "Qualitative Story Deck," (QSD) is a gamified, structured elicitation technique that allows for the spontaneous creation of scenarios with variable attributes. We used the QSD to create research scenarios that varied on four details (race/ethnicity of the researcher; research goal; biospecimen requested; and institutional affiliation). Participants created scenarios by randomly choosing cards from these categories and provided: (1) a judgement about their willingness to participate in the research project represented; and (2) their thought process in reaching a decision. The QSD has applicability to topics involving decision making or in cases where it would be beneficial to provide vignettes with alternate attributes. Additional benefits include: rapid establishment of rapport and engagement and the facilitation of discussion of little known or sensitive topics.
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Warrier P, Ho CWL, Bull S, Vaz M, Vaz M. Engaging publics in biobanking and genetic research governance - a literature review towards informing practice in India. Wellcome Open Res 2021; 6:5. [PMID: 38645686 PMCID: PMC11026954 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16558.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 04/23/2024] Open
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Background: There is growing interest in advancing biobanking and genetic research in many countries, including India. Concurrently, more importance is being placed on participatory approaches involving the public and other stakeholders in addressing ethical issues and policymaking as part of a broader governance approach. We analyse the tools, purposes, outcomes and limitations of engaging people towards biobanking and genetic research governance that have been undertaken worldwide, and explore their relevance to India. Methods: Papers to be reviewed were identified through a targeted literature search carried out using ProQuest and PubMed. Retrieved papers were analysed with the Rpackage for Qualitative Data Analysis using inductive coding and thematic analysis, guided by the Framework Method. Results: Empirical studies on public and community engagement in the context of biobanking and or genetic research show a predominance towards the end of the last decade, spanning 2007 to 2019. Numerous strategies-including public meetings, community durbars, focus group discussions, interviews, deliberations, citizen-expert panels and community advisory boards-have been used to facilitate communication, consultation and collaboration with people, at the level of general and specific publics. Engagement allowed researchers to understand how people's values, opinions and experiences related to the research process; and enabled participants to become partners within the conduct of research. Conclusions: Constructs such as 'co-production', 'engagement of knowledges', 'rules of engagement' and 'stewardship' emerge as significant mechanisms that can address the ethical challenges and the governance of biobanking and genetic research in India. Given the inherent diversity of the Indian population and its varying cultural values and beliefs, there is a need to invest time and research funds for engagement as a continuum of participatory activity, involving communication, consultation and collaboration in relation to biobanking and genetic research. Further research into these findings is required to explore their effective employment within India.
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- Prasanna Warrier
- Health and Humanities, St John's Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560034, India
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- Faculty of Law and Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Ethox Centre and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK
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- Health and Humanities, St John's Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560034, India
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- Health and Humanities, St John's Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560034, India
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Warrier P, Ho CWL, Bull S, Vaz M, Vaz M. Engaging publics in biobanking and genetic research governance - a literature review towards informing practice in India. Wellcome Open Res 2021. [DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16558.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background: There is growing interest in advancing biobanking and genetic research in many countries, including India. Concurrently, more importance is being placed on participatory approaches involving the public and other stakeholders in addressing ethical issues and policymaking as part of a broader governance approach. We analyse the tools, purposes, outcomes and limitations of engaging people towards biobanking and genetic research governance that have been undertaken worldwide, and explore their relevance to India. Methods: Papers to be reviewed were identified through a targeted literature search carried out using ProQuest and PubMed. Retrieved papers were analysed with the R package for Qualitative Data Analysis using inductive coding and thematic analysis, guided by the Framework Method. Results: Empirical studies on public and community engagement in the context of biobanking and or genetic research show a predominance towards the end of the last decade, spanning 2007 to 2019. Numerous strategies—including public meetings, community durbars, focus group discussions, interviews, deliberations, citizen-expert panels and community advisory boards—have been used to facilitate communication, consultation and collaboration with people, at the level of general and specific publics. Engagement allowed researchers to understand how people’s values, opinions and experiences related to the research process; and enabled participants to become partners within the conduct of research. Conclusions: Constructs such as ‘co-production’, ‘engagement of knowledges’, ‘rules of engagement’ and ‘stewardship’ emerge as significant mechanisms that can address the ethical challenges and the governance of biobanking and genetic research in India. Given the inherent diversity of the Indian population and its varying cultural values and beliefs, there is a need to invest time and research funds for engagement as a continuum of participatory activity, involving communication, consultation and collaboration in relation to biobanking and genetic research. Further research into these findings is required to explore their effective employment within India
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Meagher KM, Curtis SH, Gamm KO, Sutton EJ, McCormick JB, Sharp RR. At a Moment's Notice: Community Advisory Board Perspectives on Biobank Communication to Supplement Broad Consent. Public Health Genomics 2020; 23:77-89. [PMID: 32396907 DOI: 10.1159/000507057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION To address ethical concerns about the of future research authorization, biobanks employing a broad model of consent can design ongoing communication with contributors. Notifying contributors at the time of sample distribution provides one form of communication to supplement broad consent. However, little is known about how community-informed governance might anticipate contributor responses and inform communication efforts. OBJECTIVE We explored the attitudes of members of a three-site Community Advisory Board (CAB) network. CAB members responded to a hypothetical proposal for notifying biobank contributors at the time of sample distribution to researchers utilizing the biobank. METHODS We used regularly scheduled CAB meetings to facilitate 3 large-group and 6 small-group discussions. Discussions were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed for thematic content using descriptive thematic analysis. RESULTS The results challenged our expectation of general support for the proposed communications. While CAB members identified some advantages, they were concerned about several potential harms to biobank contributors and the biobank. The CABs understood biobank communication in terms of an ongoing relationship with the biobank and a personal contribution to research. CONCLUSION Our findings contribute to the emerging literature on community engagement in biobanking. Additional communication with biobank contributors can serve a variety of value-based objectives to supplement broad consent. Design of communication efforts by biobanks can be improved by CAB members' anticipation of the unintended consequences of additional contact with contributors. CAB members' holistic interpretation of communication efforts suggests that biobank leadership considers all communication options as part of a more comprehensive communications strategy.
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- Karen M Meagher
- Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Humanities, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program, Rochester, Minnesota, USA,
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Passmore SR, Jamison AM, Hancock GR, Abdelwadoud M, Mullins CD, Rogers TB, Thomas SB. "I'm a Little More Trusting": Components of Trustworthiness in the Decision to Participate in Genomics Research for African Americans. Public Health Genomics 2020; 22:215-226. [PMID: 31955173 PMCID: PMC7037806 DOI: 10.1159/000505271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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AIMS This study sought to explore the decision to participate in genomics research for African American individuals. Our overall goal was to explore (1) the attributes that significantly contribute to willingness to participate in genomics research; (2) how these attributes are interpreted (what is their meaning?); (3) how trustworthiness is estimated in the decision to participate in research (i.e., what are the symbolic representations or heuristics of trustworthiness in decision-making?); and (4) how participants see factors to counterweigh each other. METHODS We sought a methodology that would afford exploration of the compensatory nature of decision-making where some choice attributes may be weighed differently than others as well as the use of heuristics (shortcuts to estimate key concepts in the mentally taxing task of decision-making) for concepts such as trustworthiness. We used a qualitative story deck to create hypothetical research scenarios with variable attributes (i.e., researcher race/ethnicity; institutional affiliation; research goal; and biospecimen requested) to determine how individuals find and interpret information to make decisions about research participation. These semi-structured interviews (n = 82) were conducted in African American barbershops in Baltimore City and Prince George's County, Maryland. RESULTS Quantitative and qualitative analysis was completed. Findings include that, even in the absence of interpersonal connection, trustworthiness can be communicated through multiple factors, such as (1) shared values with researchers and (2) familiarity. Conversely, (1) ambiguity, especially regarding the use of biospecimens, (2) negative reputations, and (3) perceptions of "hidden agendas" were associated with a lower willingness to participate. However, the alignment of participant and research goals was weighed more heavily in decisions than other factors. CONCLUSION This study finds that negatively assessed characteristics in research design do not result in automatic rejections of participation. Negative assessments can be mitigated by emphasizing the multiple factors that communicate trustworthiness in the consent process, which may improve rates of research participation.
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- Susan Racine Passmore
- Collaborative Center for Health Equity, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA,
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- Center for Health Equity, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Mosavel M, Barker KL, Gardiner HM, Siminoff LA. Responsiveness and adaptability in community engaged biobanking research: experiences from a Hispanic community. J Community Genet 2019; 10:395-406. [PMID: 30610570 PMCID: PMC6591347 DOI: 10.1007/s12687-018-0397-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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The success of biobanking research relies on the willingness of the public to provide biological and sociological information, donate tissue samples, and complete psychosocial questionnaires. Medical advances made through biobanking research have limited reach if tissues are not obtained from a diverse sample of individuals. Within, we describe the process of transitioning a small group of Hispanic community members who met regularly into a more formal Hispanic Community Advisory Board (HCAB) for the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project. The sole purpose of the HCAB was to provide input and feedback on GTEx and, specifically, how researchers can best address the concerns of the Hispanic community related to tissue donation. This initial purpose was adapted to be responsive to the HCAB's request to include educating others in the Hispanic community who were not a part of the advisory board about genomic biobanking. While HCAB members' knowledge of biobanking was limited, a strong need for culturally tailored information about the impact of biobanking medical discoveries and their potential benefit to the Hispanic community was expressed. The HCAB's feedback guided revisions to GTEx study documents to specifically address concerns about language use, clarity, and context including the need for consent forms to address cultural concerns and fears. HCAB members also collaborated on the development of a walk-through exhibition which provided a visual, narrative-based explanation of GTEx and the process of tissue donation for research and biobanking purposes. The HCAB demonstrated the value of including community participation in scientific research projects, for both scientists and lay communities, and underscored the importance of developing community engagement approaches that are adaptable and responsive to community needs. Our experience with the HCAB serves as exemplar for a unique paradigm of community inclusiveness and education in research.
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- Maghboeba Mosavel
- Department of Health Behavior and Policy, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, One Capitol Square, 4th floor, Richmond, VA 23219 USA
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- College of Public Health, Temple University, 1700 N. Broad Street, Suite 417, Philadelphia, PA 19121 USA
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- Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, Temple University, 1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave., Ritter Annex, 9th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
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- College of Public Health (286-00), Bell Building (TECH CENTER), 1101 Montgomery Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
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Tai CG, Harris-Wai J, Schaefer C, Liljestrand P, Somkin CP. Multiple Stakeholder Views on Data Sharing in a Biobank in an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System: Implications for Biobank Governance. Public Health Genomics 2019; 21:207-216. [PMID: 31167204 DOI: 10.1159/000500442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Beginning in 2005, researchers at Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) Division of Research developed the Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH), a research resource of linked biospecimens, health surveys, and electronic health records on more than 200,000 adult KPNC members. This study examined multiple stakeholders' values and preferences regarding protection of participants' privacy and wide sharing of participant data by RPGEH. METHODS We conducted 45 semi-structured interviews in person or via phone and two focus groups with seven stakeholder groups, including RPGEH participants and decliners who are KPNC members, KPNC research scientists, external scientists, leadership, Human Subjects Research Protection Program staff, and RPGEH Community Advisory Panel members. RESULTS Three major themes emerged related to: (1) perceived individual and social harms associated with data sharing; (2) concerns to address when governing access to RPGEH data; and (3) impact of a blurred boundary between research and clinical care in the context of biobanking. CONCLUSIONS The study results were considered in the development of RPGEH data governance and motivated the inclusion of KPNC Community Advisory Panel members and ELSI experts on committees that evaluate data access proposals. Our findings can help inform other biobanks going through similar processes developing data sharing and access policies.
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- Caroline G Tai
- Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.,Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA
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- Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, .,Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA,
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Langhof H, Schwietering J, Strech D. Practice evaluation of biobank ethics and governance: current needs and future perspectives. J Med Genet 2018; 56:176-185. [PMID: 30464052 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2018-105617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Biobank research faces many ethical challenges. Ethics research aims to develop standards for governance to meet these challenges by elaborating overarching normative principles of medical ethics in the context of biobanking. Most ethical standards are widely agreed on among biobank stakeholders and entail specific governance solutions, for example, adoption of consent procedures. In order to fully meet its goal, every governance solution needs to be implemented, evaluated and, if necessary, adapted and improved in practice. This study reviews the scientific literature on biobank ethics and governance in order to identify studies that specifically focus on practice evaluation of biobank governance. METHODS A PubMed search was carried out. Retrieved literature was categorised and thematically clustered. All studies that focus on practice evaluation were reviewed and their objectives, results, and recommendations for practice summarised. RESULTS The findings show that the majority of studies on biobank ethics and governance are theoretical; only 25 out of 922 studies empirically evaluate biobank governance in practice. The majority of these (14; 59%) focused on informed consent. Six studies (24%) addressed practice evaluation of sample and data access; the rest focused on public involvement, ethics reporting and incidental findings. Other relevant governance areas such as ethics review, priority setting and sample ownership were not addressed. CONCLUSION In order to fulfil the ethical goals, more empirical research is needed that provides information on how governance mechanisms perform in practice and what improvements are needed.
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- Holger Langhof
- Charité - University Medicine Berlin, QUEST - Center for Transforming Biomedical Research, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany.,Institute for History, Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for History, Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
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- Charité - University Medicine Berlin, QUEST - Center for Transforming Biomedical Research, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany.,Institute for History, Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
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Goldenberg A, Brothers K. Misplaced Trust: Building Research Relationships in the Age of Biorepository Networks. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS : AJOB 2018; 18:21-23. [PMID: 29621469 DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1431330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Kwan BM, Millward SR, Himber M, Ressalam J, Wald H, Wynia M, Coors ME. Inspired Translation: Synthesizing Qualitative Research and Boot Camp Translation to Achieve Meaningful Community Engagement. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS : AJOB 2018; 18:29-31. [PMID: 29621437 DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1431709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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- b University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities
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- b University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities
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- a University of Colorado School of Medicine
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- b University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities
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- c University of Colorado School of Medicine and Center for Bioethics and Humanities
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Meagher KM, Juengst ET, Henderson GE. Grudging Trust and the Limits of Trustworthy Biorepository Curation. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS : AJOB 2018; 18:23-25. [PMID: 29621446 PMCID: PMC6192541 DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1431329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Liu X, Hoene M, Yin P, Fritsche L, Plomgaard P, Hansen JS, Nakas CT, Niess AM, Hudemann J, Haap M, Mendy M, Weigert C, Wang X, Fritsche A, Peter A, Häring HU, Xu G, Lehmann R. Quality Control of Serum and Plasma by Quantification of (4E,14Z)-Sphingadienine-C18-1-Phosphate Uncovers Common Preanalytical Errors During Handling of Whole Blood. Clin Chem 2018; 64:810-819. [PMID: 29567661 DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2017.277905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nonadherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) during handling and processing of whole blood is one of the most frequent causes affecting the quality of serum and plasma. Yet, the quality of blood samples is of the utmost importance for reliable, conclusive research findings, valid diagnostics, and appropriate therapeutic decisions. METHODS UHPLC-MS-driven nontargeted metabolomics was applied to identify biomarkers that reflected time to processing of blood samples, and a targeted UHPLC-MS analysis was used to quantify and validate these biomarkers. RESULTS We found that (4E,14Z)-sphingadienine-C18-1-phosphate (S1P-d18:2) was suitable for the reliable assessment of the pronounced changes in the quality of serum and plasma caused by errors in the phase between collection and centrifugation of whole blood samples. We rigorously validated S1P-d18:2, which included the use of practicality tests on >1400 randomly selected serum and plasma samples that were originally collected during single- and multicenter trials and then stored in 11 biobanks in 3 countries. Neither life-threatening disease states nor strenuous metabolic challenges (i.e., high-intensity exercise) affected the concentration of S1P-d18:2. Cutoff values for sample assessment were defined (plasma, ≤0.085 μg/mL; serum, ≤0.154 μg/mL). CONCLUSIONS Unbiased valid monitoring to check for adherence to SOP-dictated time for processing to plasma or serum and/or time to storage of whole blood at 4 °C is now feasible. This novel quality assessment step could enable scientists to uncover common preanalytical errors, allowing for identification of serum and plasma samples that should be excluded from certain investigations. It should also allow control of samples before long-term storage in biobanks.
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- Xinyu Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry (Central Laboratory), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
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- Core Facility German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases, Helmholtz Center Munich, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Center of Inflammation and Metabolism and Center for Physical Activity Research, Department of Infectious Diseases and Copenhagen Muscle Research Center (CMRC), Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center of Inflammation and Metabolism and Center for Physical Activity Research, Department of Infectious Diseases and Copenhagen Muscle Research Center (CMRC), Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Laboratory of Biometry, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
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- Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Laboratory Services and Biobank Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO), Lyon, France
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry (Central Laboratory), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Tübingen, Germany
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry (Central Laboratory), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Core Facility German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases, Helmholtz Center Munich, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry (Central Laboratory), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Core Facility German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases, Helmholtz Center Munich, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry (Central Laboratory), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Core Facility German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases, Helmholtz Center Munich, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Tübingen, Germany
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China;
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry (Central Laboratory), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; .,Core Facility German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases, Helmholtz Center Munich, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Tübingen, Germany
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Towards a practical model for community engagement: Advancing the art and science in academic health centers. J Clin Transl Sci 2017; 1:310-315. [PMID: 29707251 PMCID: PMC5915810 DOI: 10.1017/cts.2017.304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Introduction Community engagement (CE) has become more prevalent among academic health centers (AHCs), with significant diversity in practices and language. The array of approaches to CE contributes to confusion among practitioners. Methods We have reviewed multiple models of CE utilized by AHCs, Clinical and Translational Science Awards, and higher education institutions overall. Taking these models into consideration, we propose a comprehensive model of CE that encompasses a broader spectrum of activities and programs. Results The CE Components Practical Model includes 5 components: Community Outreach and Service, Education, Clinical Care, Research, and Policy and Advocacy. The components are supported by the foundational elements within administrative functions and infrastructure. Conclusions This model will accomplish the following: (1) reduce confusion about CE; (2) provide a broader understanding of CE; and (3) increase the ability of CE practitioners to interact with each other through this common reference and engage in advancing CE scholarship.
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Murphy M, Garrett SB, Boyd E, Dry S, Dohan D. Engaging Diverse Stakeholders to Inform Biobank Governance. Biopreserv Biobank 2017; 15:393-395. [PMID: 28151003 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2016.0061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Marie Murphy
- 1 Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California , San Francisco, California
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- 1 Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California , San Francisco, California
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- 2 Office of the President, University of California , Oakland, California
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- 3 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California , Los Angeles, California
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- 1 Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California , San Francisco, California
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Brothers KB, Goldenberg AJ. Ethical and legal considerations for pediatric biobank consent: current and future perspectives. Per Med 2016; 13:597-607. [PMID: 29754545 DOI: 10.2217/pme-2016-0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Innovations in laboratory and information technologies continue to drive the expansion of pediatric biorepository research, with collections of biosamples and data continuing to grow in scale and scope. In this review, we examine the trajectory of recent developments in ethical and legal scholarship on consent to pediatric biorepository research. We focus, in particular, on issues that are likely to grow in importance in coming years, either because significant controversies remain or because they represent trends that are likely to continue into the future. Of particular interest is the evolving conception of consent as a process, the trend toward increased participant engagement and other challenges likely to raise thorny new issues in this field in the decade ahead.
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- Kyle B Brothers
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Lemke AA, Harris-Wai JN. Stakeholder engagement in policy development: challenges and opportunities for human genomics. Genet Med 2015; 17:949-57. [PMID: 25764215 PMCID: PMC4567945 DOI: 10.1038/gim.2015.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Along with rapid advances in human genomics, policies governing genomic data and clinical technologies have proliferated. Stakeholder engagement is widely lauded as an important methodology for improving clinical, scientific, and public health policy decision making. The purpose of this paper is to examine how stakeholder engagement is used to develop policies in genomics research and public health areas, as well as to identify future priorities for conducting evidence-based stakeholder engagements. We focus on exemplars in biobanking and newborn screening to illustrate a variety of current stakeholder engagement in policy-making efforts. Each setting provides an important context for examining the methods of obtaining and integrating informed stakeholder voices into the policy-making process. While many organizations have an interest in engaging stakeholders with regard to genomic policy issues, there is broad divergence with respect to the stakeholders involved, the purpose of engagements, when stakeholders are engaged during policy development, methods of engagement, and the outcomes reported. Stakeholder engagement in genomics policy development is still at a nascent stage. Several challenges of using stakeholder engagement as a tool for genomics policy development remain, and little evidence regarding how to best incorporate stakeholder feedback into policy-making processes is currently available.
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- Amy A. Lemke
- Center for Genomics and Healthcare Equality, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA
- Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Meade CD, Rodriguez EM, Arevalo M, Luque JS, Harris N, San Miguel G, Gwede CK, Erwin DO. Introducing Biospecimen Science to Communities: Tools from Two Cities. Prog Community Health Partnersh 2015. [PMID: 26213404 DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2015.0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND This article describes community-engaged processes employed by two Community Network Program Center (CNPC) sites located in Tampa, Florida, and Buffalo, New York, toward the development of Spanish/English educational products about biobanking and biospecimen research. METHODS Each CNPC carried out a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach that underscored six essential components that moved concepts to a final educational product in a highly participatory fashion. The similar CBPR processes at the two locations focused on the same topic, resulted in different engagement approaches and tools for their respective communities: 1) DVD and brochure toolkit and 2) PowerPoint, group program with audience response system (ARS). RESULTS We detail a comparison of methods and applications for using these tools among diverse community groups to advance understandings about genetic and biomedical research technologies. CONCLUSION Ultimately, these tools and associated educational efforts emphasize the critical value of co-learning among academic and community members in biobanking and biospecimen research.
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Meade CD, Rodriguez EM, Arevalo M, Luque JS, Harris N, San Miguel G, Gwede CK, Erwin DO. Introducing Biospecimen Science to Communities: Tools from Two Cities. Prog Community Health Partnersh 2015. [PMID: 26213404 DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2015.0024.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND This article describes community-engaged processes employed by two Community Network Program Center (CNPC) sites located in Tampa, Florida, and Buffalo, New York, toward the development of Spanish/English educational products about biobanking and biospecimen research. METHODS Each CNPC carried out a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach that underscored six essential components that moved concepts to a final educational product in a highly participatory fashion. The similar CBPR processes at the two locations focused on the same topic, resulted in different engagement approaches and tools for their respective communities: 1) DVD and brochure toolkit and 2) PowerPoint, group program with audience response system (ARS). RESULTS We detail a comparison of methods and applications for using these tools among diverse community groups to advance understandings about genetic and biomedical research technologies. CONCLUSION Ultimately, these tools and associated educational efforts emphasize the critical value of co-learning among academic and community members in biobanking and biospecimen research.
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Tupasela A, Snell K, Cañada JA. Constructing populations in biobanking. LIFE SCIENCES, SOCIETY AND POLICY 2015; 11:5. [PMID: 26194269 PMCID: PMC4508277 DOI: 10.1186/s40504-015-0024-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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This article poses the question of whether biobanking practices and standards are giving rise to the construction of populations from which various biobanking initiatives increasingly draw on for legitimacy? We argue that although recent biobanking policies encourage various forms of engagement with publics to ensure legitimacy, different biobanks conceptualize their engagement strategies very differently. We suggest that biobanks undertake a broad range of different strategies with regard to engagement. We argue that these different approaches to engagement strategies are contributing to the construction of populations, whereby specific nationalities, communities, societies, patient groups and political systems become imbued or bio-objectified with particular characteristics, such as compliant, distant, positive, commercialized or authoritarian. This bio-objectification process is problematic in relation to policy aspirations ascribed to biobanking engagement since it gives rise to reified notions of different populations.
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- Aaro Tupasela
- Department of Public Health, Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies, Øster Farimagsgade 5, PO Box 2099, 1014, Copenhagen, Denmark,
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Henderson GE. With great (participant) rights comes great (researcher) responsibility. Genet Med 2015; 18:124-5. [PMID: 25950735 DOI: 10.1038/gim.2015.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Gail E Henderson
- Department of Social Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Pullman D, Etchegary H. Clinical genetic research 3: Genetics ELSI (Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues) research. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1281:369-382. [PMID: 25694322 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2428-8_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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ELSI (Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues) is a widely used acronym in the bioethics literature that encompasses a broad range of research areas involved in examining the various impacts of science and technology on society. In Canada, GE3LS (Genetics, Ethical, Economic, Environmental, Legal, Social issues) is the term used to describe ELSI studies. It is intentionally more expansive in that GE3LS explicitly brings economic and environmental issues under its purview. ELSI/GE3LS research has become increasingly important in recent years as there has been a greater emphasis on "translational research" that moves genomics from the bench to the clinic. The purpose of this chapter is to outline a range of ELSI-related work that might be conducted as part of a large scale genetics or genomics research project, and to provide some practical insights on how a scientific research team might incorporate a strong and effective ELSI program within its broader research mandate. We begin by describing the historical context of ELSI research and the development of GE3LS research in the Canadian context. We then illustrate how some ELSI research might unfold by outlining a variety of research questions and the various methodologies that might be employed in addressing them in an area of ELSI research that is encompassed under the term "public engagement." We conclude with some practical pointers about how to build an effective ELSI/GE3LS team and focus within a broader scientific research program.
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- Daryl Pullman
- Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
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