Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$811,834.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

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

With the increase in obesity and diabetes, other chronic diseases are also increasing. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one such disease that has potentially enormous public health consequences. NAFLD is a leading cause of chronic liver disease