Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

Amount

$155,626.00

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

Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a constellation of risk factors associated with development of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes, has reached epidemic proportions in western industrialized nations. About 47 million Americans have MetS. Consequently, i