Signature Bank- biological, psychological and clinical data on pepople suffering from mental health problems – Montreal (human)

Name of entity

Signature Bank- biological, psychological and clinical data on pepople suffering from mental health problems

Entity type

Tissue Banks and human biological samples

Keywords

Biobank, biomarkers, Genetics, Metabolic, Hormonal, Inflammatory and Immune Infectious, Toxicological, Personalised medicine, Chronic deseases, Mental Health, Psychosocial and medical data, behaviour and psychological functioning, sociodemographic profiles, addiction, longitudinal data, psychiatric hospital emergency.

Area of expertise

One of the world’s largest biobanks of biological, psychosocial and clinical data on people suffering from mental health problems accessible to researchers who wish to advance the mental health research to enable clinicians to enable clinicians to tailor treatment based on meaningful psychosocial and medical indicators.

Services offered

International access to Signature Bank starting August 1st 2016
• Possibility of re-contact participants. Longitudinal follow-up study.
• A technological infrastructure that enables the collection of psychosocial and medical data from people afflicted with mental illness.
• An IT system that enables the results of collected data to be distributed to treatment teams and researchers with complete confidentiality.
• A laboratory for processing and storing biological samples which offers a biomarker analysis service.
• An experienced team of experts in laboratory analysis and database management.
• A custom statistical analysis service for each research project using the bank’s data.

Responsable

Cécile Le Page, Ph.D - Coordonnatrice de la Banque Signature
signature.iusmm@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
(514) 251-4000
https://www.banquesignature.ca

Address

Banque Signature

CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
Centre de recherche de l’ Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal
7331 rue Hochelaga,
Montréal, QC,
H1N 3V