Additional Research Supports

Offered through PHSA’s research institutes, these research project supports are available to all PHSA researchers on a cost-recovery basis.

These services are capacity dependent; please reach out to the specific service for details.

Project Management

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute offers research project management services to support the planning and delivery of research projects. Services can include:

Developing management, schedule, and funding plans; tools and processes to facilitate project goals and needs.
Coordinating the overall administration of the project; ensuring the project stays in scope, on schedule, and in budget.
Monitoring performance measurement indicators and identifying risks and issues, and recommending solutions for successful project completion.
Coordinating reporting.

Visit the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Research Project Management Unit* or email rpmu@bcchr.ca to access services and/or to learn more.

*PHSA network connection required to access.

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute offers statisticians who can assist with research grant and protocol development, study design and methodology, statistical analysis, and dissemination of results (e.g., manuscript preparation). Consultation encompasses study design and statistical analysis, ensuring that during the planning stages of a study, the research question can be answered using the collected data.

Visit Biostatistics* or email statistics@bcchr.ca to access services and/or to learn more.

*PHSA network connection required to access.

Biobanking

BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) BioBank

The BCCH BioBank allows researchers to access a collection of samples and data that have already been sourced, without needing to recruit participants prospectively or collect or process samples themselves.

With experience supporting PI-initiated studies as well as industry-sponsored clinical trials; services offered include sample processing, sample storage, patient recruitment, data collection, and data retrieval.

Visit the BCCH BioBank or email biobank@cw.bc.ca to access services and/or to learn more.

BC Cancer’s Tumour Tissue Repository (TTR)

As an active biobank, the TTR collects and stores human samples (for example: tissue, blood, fluids) and health information connected to these samples. Researchers looking for new ways to detect, treat, and prevent cancer, can apply to access samples and information that are stored to conduct research studies.

The TTR can provide biospecimens and data from its pre-assembled collection or through prospective custom collection services. Only de-identified biospecimens and data will typically be provided for use in research projects. Data can be provided at various levels of detail.

Visit the TTR or email bbrs@biobanking.org to access services and/or to learn more.