Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$1,000,000.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

This project will address the lack of randomized controlled studies and comparative effectiveness research in bariatric surgery by utilizing a three arm randomized trial to compare medical and surgical treatments for Type 2 diabetes. Understanding more c