Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
Ochsner is committed to a clinically-integrated research program with the ultimate goal of improving the health and wellness of our patients and communities. And as the largest academic medical center in Louisiana, we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals to be leaders who can meet evolving healthcare challenges.
This service line offers access to biospecimens, which are collected under IRB-approved core protocol for future unknown research projects. Retrieval/sharing of biospecimens from ExpressBank requires strict approval by Ochsner Biobank Steering Committee.
ServiceBank
This service line offers services such as biospecimen procurement, processing, and temporary banking. These biospecimens are already earmarked for an IRB-approved research project. This service is available only to Ochsner physicians and scientists.
PathBank
This service line offers access to high-quality, annotated formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues and H&E slides from Pathology department on fee-for-sample basis. This service is available to industry partners, academic centers, research institutes, etc.
On-DemandBank
This service line allows targeted development of a temporary Biobank that strictly meets
the specifications of an IRB-approved collection protocol of a sponsor on fee-for-service basis. This service is available to industry partners, academic centers, research institutes,
etc.
