Tissue and Research Pathology Services (TARPS)

Tissue and Research Pathology Services (TARPS) provides central support for UPMC Hillman Cancer Center research programs needing tissue materials from patients seen at UPMC. The main objectives of TARPS are:

  1. To provide a mechanism to simplify and streamline the process of research tissue accrual and disbursement
  2. To provide efficient research pathology support services

Services provided by TARPS include:

Tissue Procurement Honest Broker Research Histology Tissue Microarray