Estes Family Funds Cancer Trials at UAB | Birmingham News

Birmingham AL News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 5, 2026 · 1m

Norman Estes just gave $5 million to UAB’s O’Neal Cancer Center to launch the Estes Family Clinical Trials Program — a bold move to accelerate cutting-edge cancer research and expand access to experimental treatments across Alabama and the Southeast. This permanent investment will speed up current trials, fund future ones indefinitely, and upgrade the clinical trials office — all while honoring survivors who’ve benefited from these life-saving studies. With UAB as Alabama’s only NCI-designated cancer center, this gift fuels innovation and hope for patients facing some of medicine’s toughest…