The structure of the Network is based on the creation of nodes composed of clusters of specific collections belonging to biobanks that have similar characteristics in their samples or any other attribute. Within a node, subnodes can be created and formed by groups of biobanks with even more specific types of samples or any other condition.
 
A biobank may belong to different nodes and within the same node at different subnodes, depending on the types of samples.
Within the Network, projects to get and store human samples will be carried out.

Organization

The Network, through its internal regulations, has established the creation, composition and functions of the following bodies:

1. Governing Bodies
Governing Board

The Governing Board is the collegiate board of the Network and it holds the powers of direction, control and monitoring.
Members of the Governing Board:
·         President
·         Vice President
·         Members
Network Coordinator

The Network Coordinator, as a single-member governing body, is responsible for implementing and managing the activities of the Network according to the guidelines outlined by the Governing Body.
 
Network Coordinator: Jacobo Martinez
Phone: +34 96 192 59 08
E-Mail: martinez_jac@gva.es
 
Assembly of the Network
The Assembly is the decision body of the Network regarding the activities of its internal workings. It is composed of all the scientific directors of biobanks integrated in the Network and it is chaired by the Network Coordinator.

2. Advisory and Participation Bodies
Ethics Committee

The Valencian Biobanking Network belongs to the Ethics Committee of the Directore General of Public Health of the Valencian Government (DGSP)-CSISP and acts as a key element in ensuring the protection of the dignity, rights, safety and welfare of donors, particularly in relation to consent, confidentiality and assessment of the risk-benefit balance of research.

Ethics Committee Members:
Chairman: D. Manuel Escolano Puig, General Director of Public Health.
Vice Chairman: D. José Horga de la Parte, Professor of Pharmacology.
Secretary: D. Elías Rojo Ruiz, Coordination Centres and Public Health Action Head of Area. DGSP.
 
Members:
          D. Andrés Moya Simarro, Professor of Genetics.
          D. Carlos Andres Blasco, Pharmacist.
          D ª. Encarna Domingo Cebrián, Diploma in Nursing.
          D. Enrique Ortega González, Physician.
          D. Francisco Palau Martínez, Geneticist.
          D. Javier Díez Domingo, Pediatrician.
          D ª. Pilar Ramírez Queral, Attorney.
          D ª. Magdalena Hernández Sánchez, Family doctor.
          D. Pedro Solana Quirós, Civil Engineer.
          D. Luis Gomez de Membrillera Quesada, Family doctor.

Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee of the Network is the responsible body for scientific and technical quality of the work carried out in the network.
Members of the Scientific Committee:
Node Technical Committee
 
Each node created in the Network structure include within its organization a Technical Committee, which will act as an advisory body to the activity of subnodes and biobanks.

3. Management Bodies
Executive Board

The Executive Board of the Network is the subsidiary body of the Assembly in which it delegates its management functions.
The Executive Board is composed of the coordinators of all the nodes created within the Network.
 
Database Responsible
The Network has a responsible person of its database, which will attend applications for access, rectification, cancellation or opposition rights by people whose source samples are part of the Network, in accordance with current regulations in personal data protection.

The ownership of the personal database of the Network falls on the Director of CSISP, who will take the organization and management measures that are necessary to ensure the confidentiality, security and data integrity, as well as those measures leading to enforce the guarantees, obligations and rights under the Law 15/1999 of December 13th, of Protection of Personal Data.
 
Node Coordinator
Each node created in the structure of the Network will include a Node Coordinator. This person will be responsible for coordinating the different biobanks and subnodes being part of the node, according to the guidelines issued by the Node Technical Committee.
 
Node Coordinators:
Node: Oncologic Node
Dr. José Antonio López Guerrero
E-mail: jlopez@fivo.es