Primary Recipient

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$203,038.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

About 1% of newborn babies in the US have congenital heart disease (CHD), the leading cause of death among infants. Hemodynamic forces, which are wall shear stresses and pressures generated by the flow of blood, are key factors that regulate heart develop