Dr Trina Yeadon
Position:
- National Project Manager, Australian Prostate Cancer BioResource
- IHBI Member, QUT, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
Biography:
Dr Yeadon is currently the National Project Manager for the Australian Prostate Cancer BioResource (APCB). The APCB is a not for profit federally funded, by the NHMRC and PCFA, tissue bank which has four state wide collection sites located in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
Dr Yeadon supports the ongoing growth of the APCB, along with facilitating and supporting collaborative prostate cancer research by providing tissue samples to Australian researchers.
This role further progresses both strategic and operational agendas within the APCB at a national level. She works closely both with the executive committee and the state coordinators to support and nurture ongoing growth of the state nodes and to ensure their administrative and operational needs are fully met.
Dr Yeadon has a strong background in cancer research, biobanking and clinical trial work which gives her a good understanding of the underlying requirements of researchers and clinicians.
Based in Brisbane, previous to this position she was active in setting up the Princess Alexandra Tissue Bank as well as a number of other key biobanks in Queensland.
Dr Yeadon is currently an independent member on the Access Committee for the Victorian Cancer Biobank and I actively contribute to the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) Biospecimen Working Group.
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