# NCTN Deep South Research Consortium

> **NIH NIH UG1** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2022 · $482,362

## Abstract

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center (UAB CCC) has a long
history of participation within the nation's cancer related Clinical Trials Cooperative Group
Program. Specifically, UAB was a founding member of the GOG, and has been a member of
RTOG, ECOG, ACRIN. CALGB, NSABP, and SWOG. UAB CCC is a current member of the
ALLIANCE, ECOG-ACRIN, NRG and SWOG cooperative groups. The UAB NCTN Deep South
Research Consortium (DSRC) is currently a Lead Academic Participating Site in the NCI's
National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) Program, and now submits this proposal to continue to
serve the NCI in this capacity. It is our intention to continue as a leading contributor of scientific
leaders and clinical trial participants to the NCTN Program in the U.S. and particularly in the
Southeast. To accomplish this overall vision, we propose the following specific aims: 1) To further
enhance the involvement of existing UAB CCC scientific leadership in NCTN Cooperative Group
related clinical and translational research and to develop the next generation of NCTN
Cooperative group scientific leaders within the UAB CCC, and 2) To further refine a clinical trials
process within the DSRC that optimizes accrual of potentially eligible cancer patients and patients
at risk for cancer to NCTN Cooperative Group clinical trials, and 3) To further increase minority
accrual to NCTN Cooperative Group trials. We include in this proposal a detailed description of
our DSRC cooperative group scientific and patient accrual contributions and accomplishments, a
leadership and organizational structure for our Consortium, and how we intend to utilize existing
DSRC infrastructure to achieve our aims. Further, we also include a detailed description of our
Junior Investigator Recruitment and Mentoring Program.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10361237
- **Project number:** 5UG1CA233330-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** MARY-ANN BJORNSTI
- **Activity code:** UG1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $482,362
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-03-06 → 2025-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10361237

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10361237, NCTN Deep South Research Consortium (5UG1CA233330-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10361237. Licensed CC0.

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