The Center for Health Promotion Awarded Grant

GIM's Dr. Diane Becker, Director of the Center for Health Promotion, along with Dr. Kerry J. Stewart, Director of Johns Hopkins Clinical and Research Exercise Physiology, have been awarded a grant of over $3.85 million by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The grant will fund a 5-year study entitled "Community Exercise and Metabolic Syndrome in Black Families. The study is designed to test an intensive fitness training program to reduce metabolic risk factors in genetically susceptible African American families with premature coronary artery disease. The researchers will?employ a community-based coaching program, and will study their findings in light of both biological and social scientific frameworks, in order to test previous research on exercise efficacy in a "real world" setting.