Tag Archives: biobank

Fall 2018 publications from Center faculty

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Continue reading below for a list of recent journal articles from Center faculty, including online first publications. MSU Library or other institutional access may be required to view these articles. Recently assigned an issue Stahl D. Patient reflections on the … Continue reading →

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Bioethics for Breakfast: Biobanking Tissue: Trash or Treasure?

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Jennifer Carter-Johnson, PhD, JD, and Tom Tomlinson, PhD, presented at the Bioethics for Breakfast event on December 6, 2018, offering their perspectives and insight on the topic “Biobanking Tissue: Trash or Treasure?” “Big data”—repositories of biological, medical and demographic information about … Continue reading →

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Dr. Tomlinson and co-authors published in ‘European Journal of Human Genetics’

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Center Director and Professor Dr. Tom Tomlinson is first author of the article “Effect of deliberation on the public’s attitudes toward consent policies for biobank research,” published in the February 2018 issue of the European Journal of Human Genetics. The … Continue reading →

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Dr. Tomlinson presents at International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories Annual Meeting

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Center Director and Professor Dr. Tom Tomlinson presented a talk on the “Effect of Deliberation on Attitudes Toward Biobank Consent Options” at the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) Annual Meeting held in Toronto on May 9-12. The talk … Continue reading →

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Dr. Tomlinson presents at 3rd Annual Great Lakes Biorepository Network Scientific Meeting

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

The 3rd Annual Great Lakes Biorepository Network (GLBRN) Scientific Meeting was held on October 28, 2016 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Center Director and Professor Dr. Tom Tomlinson spoke on “Preferences for Biobank Consent Policy are Sensitive … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Public’s Reservations about Broad Consent and Study-By-Study Consent for Donations to a Biobank: Results of a National Survey

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

A new research article from Dr. Tomlinson and his research team was published on July 14, 2016 in the open-access peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE. The article, “Understanding the Public’s Reservations about Broad Consent and Study-By-Study Consent for Donations to a … Continue reading →

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Would you donate to a biobank?

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Center Director Dr. Tom Tomlinson and Raymond G. De Vries, Co-Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at University of Michigan, have co-authored the article “Americans want a say in what happens to their donated blood and tissue … Continue reading →

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Center faculty presentations from ASBH 2015

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

The 17th Annual American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Meeting was held October 22-25, 2015, in Houston, TX. Center faculty Tom Tomlinson, Len Fleck, Libby Bogdan-Lovis, Karen Kelly-Blake, and Devan Stahl presented and participated in panel discussions during the conference. Tom Tomlinson, PhD … Continue reading →

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Moral Concerns and the Willingness to Donate to a Research Biobank

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

A new study led by Center Director Dr. Tomlinson was published this week in The Journal of the American Medical Association, surveying concerns people may have about donating to a research biobank. You can hear more about the research from … Continue reading →

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Do People Care What’s Done with Their Biobanked Samples?

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Center Director Dr. Tom Tomlinson has a new article in the July-August issue of IRB: Ethics & Human Research.  Abstract: When donating leftover biological samples to a biobank for use in medical research, people generally are asked to give a … Continue reading →

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