University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Medicine
Information for Sponsors
GHCRP
Information that might be helpful for Industry Sponsors. Included is information regarding our subject
recruitment, details about our site, and information about our IRB's.
General Information about UAB
As part of the UAB/UA Health System, we are affiliated with all UAB clinics and facilities. This allows us to
participate in protocols that require multiple disciplines. For outpatient studies we use & list the Kirklin Clinic as our
site for subject visits & evaluations. For Inpatient studies, we use the main UAB Hospital as our site, regardless of
the subject's exact location (i.e. West Pavilion, North Pavilion, etc.)
Due to the overlapping of UAB's Institutional Research & Healthcare facilities, there are often different
names and addresses for the same location & different addresses based on physical location, mailing or
courier service. Please refer to the addresses below for exact location. It is not our policy to alter CVs
for individual studies, however, we will be as accommodating as possible.
We can also utilize the UAB GCRC for PK studies and patient visits & the UAB Outreach Research Lab to process
samples.
Subject Recruitment & GI/Hepatology Clinic
Located in the Kirklin Clinic there are over 10,000 (liver related) patients seen each year. Specifically there are 640
new and 2930 returning Hepatitis C patients each year. The clinic also offers 15 referring physicians. This
provides a solid recruitment base for clinical trials.
Institutional Review Boards
We use a Local IRB for all Research Studies
For Industry Sponsored studies we use the Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB). WIRB meets daily which
enables us to have flexible submission dates, which in turn allows for faster start up.
For Investigator Initiated studies we use the UAB IRB which meets weekly. Again, this allows us to have relatively
flexible submission dates.
Approval Time
We estimate that it will take approximately 4 weeks to receive approval once the submission is received by either
review Board
Administrative Location
Our Administrative offices are located in McCallum Basic Health Science Building (2nd Floor-Liver Center). For
delivery of study documents and lab supplies, please use the address below: For Drug Shipment, Please see
Pharmacy address.
General Mailing Address:
Clinical Research Program
1918 University Blvd., 2nd Floor
Birmingham, AL 35294
Site and Important Address
Out Patient Studies Inpatient Studies GCRC
The Kirklin Clinic UAB Hospital Pittman General Clinical Research Center
2000 6th Avenue South 1802 6th Avenue South 619 19th Street South, MEB 907
Birmingham, AL 35233 Birmingham, AL 35233 Birmingham, AL 35294
Local Laboratory Research Pharmacy Data and Long Term Storage
UAB Hospital Lab UAB Hospital Pharmacy Iron Mountain
619 19th Street South 1813 6th Avenue South, RAC 117 3000 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35249 Birmingham, AL 35233 Birmingham, AL
205-328-3282