Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Amount

$68,000.00

Award Date

2/11/2010

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 Hispanic population, the fastest growing ethnic minority in the US, has a high fertility rate and the potential for a high rate of preterm births (PTB). If the PTB rate continues to rise, it will have devastating effects on children and increase medic