Major Bariatrics Surgery Grant Renewed.
Date:10/26/2009
Author:NRI Staff
NRI has received notification that the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, (NIDDK) has renewed its Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) award to the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute. This award provides greater than $2.25 million to NRI over 5 years to continue this valuable research.
Recent estimates suggest that 34% of the adult population in the United States is obese and the rate of obesity continues to increase. Bariatric Surgery is the most effective treatment to accomplish sustained and significant weight loss for people with severe obesity. A number of studies have documented that the amount of weight loss following bariatric surgery is substantial and associated with improvement or reversal in a variety of medical comorbidities including diabetes, sleep apnea, asthma, stress incontinence, and infertility. This extension of the LABS Consortium allows NRI to retain subjects to complete the longitudinal observation cohort database and maintain the infrastructure to support the conduct and analysis of sub studies on the resolution of diabetes and psychosocial changes.
The LABS grant principal investigator is James E. Mitchell, M.D., NRI President, and Scientific Director. Dr. Mitchell is also the NRI/Lee A. Christoferson, M.D. Chair of Clinical Neuroscience, Chester Fritz Distinguished University Professor at the UND School of Medicine and Health Science. This grant is conducted in cooperation with the surgery department of MeritCare Health Systems.
Author:NRI Staff
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE RECEIVES $4,000 GRANT FROM DAKOTA MEDICAL FOUNDATION
Fargo, N.D. – Dr. Stephen Wonderlich, Director of Clinical Research at the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (NRI) and Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (UND) has received $4,000 from the Dakota Medical Foundation to support the annual meeting of NRI’s Treatment Collaborative for Traumatized Youth.
NRI, a not-for-profit research institute established in 1986 with its team of 9 scientists and their staff conduct research in eating disorders, obesity, and related conditions. NRI is also involved in the dissemination of treatment models to regional clinical professionals. Much of NRI’s work is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and private sponsors.
Dakota Medical Foundation, Fargo, ND, focuses its efforts on improving health and access to medical and dental care in the region, with a special emphasis on children. Since 1996, the Foundation has invested over $37 million to 338 nonprofit organizations in the region. For more information, see www.dakmed.org
