JSU Receives $14.5 Million Contract for Heart Study Training Center

JSU receives $14.5 million contract for heart study training center

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson State University (JSU) received a 10-year, $14.5 million contract to extend the university’s Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the grant, renewing Jackson State’s role in the multi-institution collaboration supporting the Jackson Heart [...]

Jackson State to use $14.5 million contract on heart disease research

Jackson State University will use $14.5 milli on in funding to investigate cardiovascular disease and related health risks in Black Mississippians. The money resulted from a 10-year contract the university inked with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to extend its Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center. The Jackson Heart Study is the largest inve…