About our research services

We have a responsibility to ensure new knowledge, tests and technology are rapidly translated into clinical and scientific practice for the benefit of patients.

That’s why we offer clinical, forensic and NSW Health Statewide Biobank research services.

These range from basic biomedical science such as biomarker discovery, to more complex verification, validation (efficacy) and utility (effectiveness) studies.

We support research and development including:

• analytical and/or clinical validation of new tests
• evaluations of new technology
• services for research using accredited or unaccredited tests, and
• support to store biospecimens in NSW Health’s Statewide Biobank.

Why you should use NSW Health Pathology Research Services

We’re ready to help you translate your research project into practice and offer:

• a simple online application portal – eResearchWithUs
• a single-point-of-contact and support from your local research coordinator
• transparent, statewide pricing to make it easy for you to estimate pathology-related expenses for your research project and ensure consistency across all pathology services in
• sample collection at one of our 150+ NSW collection centres
• processing and secure sample tracking, storage and destruction
• data management, transfer and reporting
• transport and storage across our statewide laboratory network, including our purpose-built NSW Health Statewide Biobank.

You can read more about our research services in our Research Services Prospectus.

Biobanking partnerships

NSW Health Pathology has developed a set of biobanking principles to explain how we support the retrieval, processing and/or release of NSWHP material and associated data.

These principles apply to new and existing local, national, and international biobanking activities.

We give priority to biobanks that use the NSW Health Statewide Biobank, as well as assess requests from other biobanks using these biobanking principles.