Primary Recipient

TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITITUE, THE

Amount

$118,353.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy diagnosed in African American men. Incidence and mortality rates are disproportionately higher among African American men when compared to Caucasian men in the US. The specific factors influencing this dispa