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Building Research Support Capacity across Human Health Biobanks during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jennifer A Byrne1,2, Jane E Carpenter3,4, Candace Carter1
1New South Wales Health Statewide Biobank, New South Wales Health Pathology, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Biomarker Insights
|June 28, 2021
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges and opportunities for human health biobanks. This commentary outlines practical steps biobanks can take to ensure their sustainability and continued support of biomedical research.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Research
- Biobanking
- Public Health
Background:
- Human health biobanks are crucial research infrastructures linking clinical care and biomedical research.
- The biobanking discipline, over 20 years old, faces persistent sustainability challenges despite growing research demands.
- Existing challenges are exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize the challenges and opportunities the COVID-19 pandemic presents to the health biobanking sector.
- To identify practical strategies for individual biobanks and the broader biobanking discipline to navigate pandemic-related issues.
- To ensure the continued support and advancement of biomedical research through resilient biobanking practices.
Main Methods:
- This is a commentary, not an empirical study.
- Analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on biobanking operations and sustainability.
- Synthesis of expert opinion and existing literature on biobanking challenges and solutions.
Main Results:
- The pandemic has introduced both significant challenges and novel opportunities for human health biobanks.
- Individual biobanks and the biobanking discipline must adapt to ensure long-term viability.
- Proactive adaptation can enable biobanks to continue driving biomedical research forward.
Conclusions:
- Biobanks face acute, numerous challenges due to the pandemic, threatening their sustainability.
- Embracing change and implementing practical strategies are essential for biobank survival and thriving.
- The biobanking discipline must evolve to support research continuity and innovation in the face of global health crises.
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