Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$2,213,935.00

Award Date

2/01/2010

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

Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common form of glaucoma in the United States and a leading cause of irreversible blindness and visual impairment worldwide, affecting more than 2 million Americans over age 40, and causing blindness in ~100,0