Primary Recipient

CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE

Amount

$261,551.00

Award Date

9/27/2010

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

Corneal ectasia, a warping and thinning of the anterior eye, afflicts 1 in 2000 of the general population. Its dynamic mechanism remains poorly understood, in part, due to its diverse and pleiotropic environmental and genetic causes. While treatment optio

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	Primary recipient	$179,750.00
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	Sub-recipient	$81,801.00