Earmark details  |
Year 2008 |
Description
Iowa Department of Public Health, to continue the Harkin Wellness Grant program. |
Amount
$1,436,000
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Sponsors
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) |
Locations
Iowa |
Recipients
Iowa Department of Public Health |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
University of Kansas, for the biodiversity research center. |
Amount
$1,121,000
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Sponsors
Former Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) |
Locations
Lawrence, Kansas |
Recipients
University of Kansas |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
For CDC activitiies related to sleep disorders including CDC's participation in the national sleep awareness roundtable. |
Amount
$983,000
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Sponsors
No sponsor indicated |
Locations
Atlanta, Georgia |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine Study "to examine and make reccomendations regarding various means that could be employed to reduce dietary sodium." |
Amount
$983,000
|
Sponsors
No sponsor indicated |
Locations
Washington, District of Columbia |
Recipients
National Academy of Medicine |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Kids Kicking Cancer, Inc., for cancer treatment support activities. |
Amount
$570,000
|
Sponsors
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Former Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) |
Locations
Lansing, Michigan |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
University of North Carolina, with East Carolina University, for the program in Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease. |
Amount
$560,000
|
Sponsors
Former Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) |
Locations
Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Recipients
East Carolina University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL to create, implement, and evaluate programs to assist school-aged children in becoming physically active and healthy |
Amount
$527,000
|
Sponsors
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) |
Locations
Tampa, Florida |
Recipients
University of South Florida |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, for an Obesity Prevention and Control project |
Amount
$478,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) |
Locations
Juneau, Alaska |
Recipients
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, for continuation and expansion of program to detect and control tuberculosis |
Amount
$478,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) |
Locations
Juneau, Alaska |
Recipients
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, for outreach, patient education, and registries. |
Amount
$478,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
...more |
Locations
New York, New York |
Recipients
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation |
