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Project Number: | I01BX005442-01 |
| Title: | COVID-19: Multi-Omics Approach to Identify Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for Risk and Resilience to Adverse Outcomes |
| Principal Investigator: | Charles D. Searles |
| Location: | Decatur, GA |
| Congressional District Code: | 4 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | April 2021 - March 2023 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $128,400 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$375,900 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Objective: Emerging data from the COVID-19 pandemic indicate that men and African Americans have higher mortality, and cardiometabolic risk factors, including obesity, diabetes, and hypertension, cluster in patients who develop adverse outcomes to SARS-CoV-2 infection. The Veteran population is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 because of the very high prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors. However, not all Veterans with COVID-19 experience severe disease, and there is an urgent need to i... |