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Biobanking is a crucial element of the medical and public health response to COVID-19 and future pandemics, as the storage and distribution of biospecimens and data become a driver of current and future research efforts. Nevertheless, biobanks face a number of ethical, social, and governance challenges during COVID-19 that may require new practices and policies to meet the needs of researchers, donors, and a public eager for research breakthroughs to address the pandemic.

This short (2–3 minute) animated video in one in a series of six, English language videos in this database that describe the concept and process of precision medicine research. The video series was developed for the VALUES Project, Patient Values and Attitudes about a Library of Knowledge: Uses of EHRs and Samples in Research, with health communications experts at Booster Shot Media. In the VALUES project, the videos were shown ahead of focus group discussions with a multilingual set of research participants about the use of their EHR data and biospecimens in precision medicine research.

This short (2–3 minute) animated video in one in a series of six, English language videos in this database that describe the concept and process of precision medicine research. The video series was developed for the VALUES Project, Patient Values and Attitudes about a Library of Knowledge: Uses of EHRs and Samples in Research, with health communications experts at Booster Shot Media. In the VALUES project, the videos were shown ahead of focus group discussions with a multilingual set of research participants about the use of their EHR data and biospecimens in precision medicine research.

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