Primary Recipient

GEORGIA HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

Amount

$404,250.00

Award Date

5/15/2009

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

The prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease has increased in recent decades in parallel with increasing obesity. This project explores the hypothesis that a person's physical activity levels influence expression of receptors for leptin, a ho