Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$1,828,862.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Estimates of death rates caused by chronic alcohol consumption, published in 2004 by the World Health Organization, indicate that alcohol accounts for approximately 1.8 million deaths per year. Alcohol consumption leads to addiction and damage to almost e