Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$31,500.00

Award Date

1/29/2010

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 increased risk of developing heart disease, strokes, and diabetes with excess adipose tissue is well known; obesity is generally caused by excess caloric intake. Less well appreciated are the devastating effects on health of the lipodystrophies. In th