Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

Amount

$222,750.00

Award Date

9/14/2009

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

Optic nerve diseases are common causes of irreversible blindness. Most are incurable or result in permanent visual loss by the time of diagnosis. An exception is glaucoma, the most common optic neuropathy, where the most important risk factor is elevated