Award Year / Program / Phase:2012 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:USDA
Principal Investigator:Derek Austin, Director – 865-566-3912
Award Amount:$99,832.00
Abstract:
Diabetes is an epidemic disease in the United States and accounts for 15% of all US healthcare costs. The rural Mississippi Delta region is statistically at the epicenter of the negative trends in the health and has the highest prevalence of diabetes and obesity in the nation. Low health literacy… More