Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$732,880.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the United States. Understanding how retinal ganglion cell (RGC) susceptibility to degeneration is modulated by the major risk factor, elevation of intraocular pressure (IOP), as well as other factors,