Primary Recipient

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$2,000,000.00

Award Date

9/28/2009

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

Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) demonstrated that lifestyle and metformin reduce the risk of diabetes (DM) by 58% and 31% (NEJM 346;393-403,2002). The DPPOS, now in year 7, aims to determine whether re