Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$803,250.00

Award Date

7/31/2009

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

Alterations in cardiac lipid metabolism are associated with heart failure in patients with diabetes and obesity. Excess dietary fat is also thought to be deleterious. Fatty acids (FAs) and glucose supply energy to all tissues of the body, however, the hea