Primary Recipient

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Amount

$886,926.00

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

Mortality of patients with chronic lung diseases continues to ncrease in the United States. Understanding the mechanisms of how the lung responds to injury and how this leads to abnormal lung healing is key to the development of novel therapeutic strategi