Primary Recipient

THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL

Amount

$70,308.00

Award Date

3/08/2010

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

Look AHEAD is designed to determine the long-term impact of weight loss on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in a sample of over 5,000 overweight individuals with diabetes. Genetic markers are increasingly being identified that are associated with c