Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Amount

$840,831.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Schizophrenia is a major debilitating brain disorder that affects 1% of the world's population. There is a 90% prevalence rate of comorbid nicotine addiction in schizophrenic patients leading to high morbidity and mortality rate in this vulnerable populat