Earmark details  |
Year 2008 |
Description
University of Montana, for Methamphetamine Detection and Health Effects Research. |
Amount
$172,000
|
Sponsors
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) |
Locations
Missoula, Montana |
Recipients
University of Montana (Missoula) |
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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 North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX for the Center for Minority Health, Education, Research and Outreach |
Amount
$383,000
|
Sponsors
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) |
Locations
Fort Worth, Texas |
Recipients
University of North Texas Health Science Center |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, for health outreach. |
Amount
$162,000
|
Sponsors
No sponsor indicated |
Locations
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Recipients
UPMC |
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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
University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, TX for the South Texas Border Health Disparities Center's program on preventing obesity in minority populations |
Amount
$307,000
|
Sponsors
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) |
Locations
Edinburg, Texas |
Recipients
University of Texas - Pan American |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
University of Texas, Brownsville, TX for studies regarding the health of the Hispanic population in the Rio Grande Valley |
Amount
$383,000
|
Sponsors
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) |
Locations
Brownsville, Texas |
Recipients
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, for evidence-based adolescent pregnancy prevention programs. |
Amount
$192,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) |
Locations
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Recipients
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Implementation of chronic disease management and prevention modalities to minimize adverse outcomes related to diabetes and hypertension |
Amount
$302,000
|
Sponsors
Former Delegate Donna Christensen (D-VI) |
Locations
Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands |
Recipients
Virgin Islands Perinatal Inc. |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Voorhees College, Denmark, SC for a demonstration program on reversing diabetes in minority communities |
Amount
$129,000
|
Sponsors
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) |
Locations
Denmark, South Carolina |
Recipients
Voorhees University |
