Primary Recipient

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (THE)

Amount

$153,000.00

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

Diet-induced obesity, insulin (INS) resistance, and type 2 diabetes have reached epidemic proportion among women in the United States, and each of these health problems significantly increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. Studies linking exp