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Biobanking in the era of personalised medicine
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3687-20-00-00 
Enrollment deadline: 09/10/2020
Date and time09.11.2020, at: 00:00 - 13.11.2020, at: 16:00
Regular seats15
Course fee6,480.00 kr.
LecturersLasse Boding
ECTS credits3.50
Contact personAnne Vitoft    E-mail address: avt@ssi.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration     E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content
This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee.

Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from Nordic countries. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list.


Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

1. Understand the many facets of modern biobanking and the link to personalised medicine

2. Be able to apply for required ethical and data approvals

3. Undertake a solid research project based on biobank samples

4. Discuss the ELSI aspects (ethical, legal and societal implications) of biobanking

5. See the patients perspective and how biobanking research impacts on the society


Content
The objective of this 5-day PhD course is to give insights and later deepen the student’s understanding in the multidisciplinary world of biobanking. Offered from Lund and Copenhagen Universities and with the collaboration of Danish National Biobank, University of Helsinki and The Spanishg National Cancer Research Centre, the course aims to provide the students with a core set of tools to gain better understanding of the key role of biobanking in translational medicine.

The goal is to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the historical, philosophical, ethical, legal, social, technical and cultural aspects related to the collection, storage, use and dissemination of human biological samples and health information. After completion of the course the students will have a broad understanding of biobanking, as well as the challenges associated with collaboration between the different stakeholders. The course will also provide the students with the opportunity to network with students from other European countries, as well as with a broad spectrum of international speakers. The course also offers a site visit to the Danish National Biobank.


Participants
PhD students with an interest in biobanking, personalised medicine and related research.


Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:

All graduate programmes


Language
English


Form
5-day intensive seminar which includes a 2-day symposium and an onsite visit. Assigned reading package, active participation in class discussions and working groups, course assignment in working group (oral presentation).


Course director
Lasse Boding, PhD, Head of Unit, Danish National Biobank, Statens Serum Institut, labo@ssi.dk


Teachers
Eva Ortega-Paino, Research Director, Spanish National Cancer Institute
Bart Wilkowski, Head of IT, Danish National Biobank
Michael Christensen, Professor, Statens Serum Institut and University of Copenhagen
Jørn Kanters, Ass. Professor, University of Copenhagen
Ulla Terese Kræmer, Data Protection Agent, Statens Serum Institut
Aaro Tupasela, Docent, University of Helsinki
Kristin Scott, researchers, Lund University
Mark Divers, Director, Karolinska Institutets Biobank


Dates
9 - 13 November 2020


Course location
Copenhagen and Lund. Monday and Tuesday the course is held in Lund (with transportation from Copenhagen), Wednesday and Thursday at Novo Nordisk Foundation (Hellerup), Friday at the Danish National Biobank, at Statens Serum Institut (Amager).


Registration
Please register before 9 October 2020

Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules.
Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.

Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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