NEW ORLEANS
The National Institutes of Health has given Tulane University $11 million to continue research on kidney function and high blood pressure a major problem in Louisiana, and the principal cause of kidney failure.
One in four Louisiana residents, and one in three of its black residents, have high blood pressure. That compares to one in six people nationwide.
The five-year grant will help Tulane hire junior faculty members by assuring them that their work will be underwritten, said Luis Gabriel Navar, co-director of the Tulane Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence.
