Primary Recipient

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Amount

$742,541.00

Award Date

9/18/2009

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

Bariatric surgery remains the most effective treatment for morbid obesity. In addition, bariatric surgery such as Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) causes the immediate resolution of type-II diabetes in the majority of patients (84%). This remarkable effe