RPAH Neuropathology Brain Banks

Certification Status: Complete Education

Registration Status: Completed

Objective:

To collect, process, characterise, annotate, store and distribute brain tissue (an other consented tissues/derivative materials) and associated data from donors recruited into one of four individual brain banks. Brain banks include - Australian Sports Brain Bank (primary focus on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in sporting context) - Australian Veterans Brain Bank (primary focus on CTE in defence/military service context) - MS Australia Brain Bank (primary focus on multiple sclerosis (MS)) - Neurological Brain Bank (primary focus on control cases and other neurodegenerative conditions) Donated tissues and associated data can be distributed to approved researchers (for ethically approved research projects) after review by an independent Scientific Advisory Committee.

Registered Biobank Name	RPAH Neuropathology Brain Banks (NP Brain Banks)
Biobank Leader	Andrew Affleck
Principal Investigator	A/Prof Michael Buckland
Address	Level 7, 94 Mallett St Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Website	https://www.brainbank.org.au/
Email for biobank inquiries	SLHD-BrainBank@health.nsw.gov.au
User Type Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper	Poly - Collection aimed at supporting undetermined, multiple users with ethics approved research projects, through a defined access/application mechanism.

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