Welcome SBPD Study staff, coordinators, and PIs. This section encompasses study specific tools and resources for your reference. If you have any questions, comments, or new ideas please contact biosend@iu.edu or by phone directly at (317)278-0594.

Specimen Table

Cohort Population Whole Blood Plasma RNA Buffy Coat
SBPD PD and Non-PD Parkinsonism

Study Resources

Kit Request Module

Please follow the below link to access the SBPD Kit Request Module. This link will direct you to a REDCap database where study coordinators and staff may request kits, individual supplies, and/or labels. Please allow a total of two weeks for kit requests to be compiled and delivered to your site.

SBPD Kit Request System

Study Specific Sample Notification Forms

Please use the below downloadable form to collect information on specimen patient, subject demographics, collection, and processing. We respectfully ask that all completed forms be emailed (biosend@iu.edu) or faxed (317-278-1100) prior to shipment. If you complete the form on the website, you can choose to have it emailed automatically to us. We also ask that all shipments include a hard copy of each sample form.

Sample Record and Shipment Notification Form (pdf)

SBPD Manual of Procedures

The below downloadable manual was created specifically for the SBPD study. Please feel free to explore the manual through the hyperlinked ‘Table of Contents’. Questions concerning any part of the manual may be directed at to Claire Wegel (317-278-6158) for further clarification.

SBPD Manual of Procedures

SBPD Training Slides

These slides correspond to BioSEND SBPD protocol training. Refresher training is available upon request by contacting biosend@iu.edu.

New Coordinator Training Slides

SBPD Site Listing

  • Case Western University

  • UC San Diego