Biobank Collection Network

Clinician/researcher members of the Biobank Collection Network will be the principal investigators for the Biobank at each site and act as collection site supervisors. Their day-to-day role in the Biobank will include the recruiting of participants for the Biobank through their stream of incoming patients, performing primary tissue collection and supervision of biosamples and information collection. The Biobank Collection Network is comprised of both clinician/researchers and pathologists at the university health centres. The following are current network members:

McGill University

• Armen Aprikian, M.D., Principal Investigator
• Simon Tanguay, M.D.
• Kanishka Sircar, M.D.

Université Laval

• Louis Lacombe, M.D., Principal Investigator
• Yves Fradet, M.D.

Université de Montréal

• Fred Saad, M.D. Director, Principal Investigator
• Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, Ph.D. , FRSQ
• Paul Perrotte, M.D.
• Pierre Karakiewicz, M.D.

Université de Sherbrooke

• Michel Carmel, M.D. Principal Investigator

Pathologists

• Bernard Têtu, M.D.
• Kanishka Sircar, M.D.

The Collection Network will contribute to defining the Biobank’s users needs, usage priorities and be actively involved in developing the protocols for collection and storage. The network will meet formally at least once a year to review progress and operations.