Primary Recipient

UNIVERISTY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER

Amount

$200,910.00

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

Obesity and insulin resistance are major risk factors for hypertension, vascular, and renal disease; however, the mechanisms contributing to this have not been fully elucidated. Increased visceral adiposity seems to impart a significant cardiovascular ri