National program affiliations

The Essentia Institute of Rural Health is affiliated with a number of national research networks including the following:

• North Central Cancer Treatment Group
• Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
• Academic and Community Cancer Research United
• National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
• Southwest Oncology Group
• American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
• National Cancer Institute
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Investigational Network
• Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
• Minnesota Heart Failure Consortium
• National Institutes of Health
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Industry-sponsored research

Many of the treatments tested in our research studies come from these networks, which give the Essentia Institute of Rural Health access to the latest research from dozens of major research centers across the country.