Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$782,975.00

Award Date

7/20/2009

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

The purpose of this grant is to study the regulation of the ocular surface immune response to desiccating stress.Sj+?grenG??s syndrome causes profound dysfunction of the lacrimal functional unit (LFU) that results in decreased secretion of tear fluid and

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	Primary recipient	$688,775.00
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS	Sub-recipient	$94,200.00