Primary Recipient

LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER

Amount

$137,950.00

Award Date

4/27/2009

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

Intrauterine growth restricted newborns have an increased risk of adult obesity, hypertension and coronary heart disease. Obesity alone accounts for 65-78% of essential hypertension. Although the mechanisms underlying these associations are not fully unde