Intermountain Health’s Biorepository of archived clinical samples contains tissues samples from over six decades including access to associated clinical data--providing one of the nation’s most extensive healthcare archives of clinical FFPE tissue and slide images. It offers de-identified clinical data including health records and outcomes data to drive research innovations. This combination of samples and data is crucial for advancing research and precision medicine. The Biorepository supports laboratory, observational prospective, and retrospective research opportunities, enabling researchers to draw insights from past and current data.

• Discover new treatments
• Develop novel diagnostic capabilities
• Improving healthcare outcomes and driving cost reductions

We have a team of caregivers dedicated to observational studies, consenting participants, and collecting biospecimens and associated participant data. As part of the Intermountain system, we give your research access to enroll participants from many sites, including specialty clinics that support the vast majority of indications.

• Biospecimen collection includes blood, fresh tissue, saliva, and urine
  • Blood collections: Plasma, Buffy coat and PBMC
  • Fresh tissue collection
  • Saliva collections
  • Urine collections
• We enable both interventional and observational clinical trials (a non-interventional type of study where participants are observed in their natural clinical settings without altering treatment)

We offer a diverse array of biospecimen types and imaging resources, such as:

• Residual Clinical FFPE Archive: Punches, slides, and scrollsT all tied to decades of clinical data
• General Lab EDTA Bank: Buffy coat samples from EDTA lab collections processed and banked after clinical needs have been met
• Oncology Blood Bank: Pre-treatment plasma and buffy coat samples collected using STRECK cell-free DNA containers for 17 different cancer types
• Digitized Pathology Slide Imaging: Over 6 million slide images (SVS and DICOM available), with 300,000 additional slides scanned monthly
• Tissue Microarray (TMA) and other advanced histological services

These offerings support a wide range of research projects by providing high-quality, reliable materials. The FFPE samples and tissue microarrays are particularly beneficial for detailed pathological, transcriptomics and mass cytometry studies.

Our laboratory services team translates study protocols into compliant, auditable, and operational laboratory workflows that produce reliable scientific results.

• Clinical Trials: We support both sponsor initiated and investigator initiated clinical trials from planning to completion
• Safety Labs: We perform protocol specified safety testing to support clinical trial monitoring, including routine chemistry, hematology, and other required analytes.
• Sample Procurement: Manages the acquisition of prospective or remnant specimens under approved protocols for research, assay validation, and development
• Assay Development: We design and execute analytical validations for laboratory developed tests (LDTs) and verification studies for FDA cleared assay performing precision and accuracy studies, method comparisons, reportable range evaluations, and interference testing
• Studies & Evaluations: We operate as an independent testing environment that applies standardized test conditions, predefined criteria, and unbiased reporting.
• Quality Control Validations: Provides independent QC testing services for reagent and assay manufacturers.