Children and Families
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive three National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $1,882,804. Two of the grants, from the National Cancer Institute, will fund projects supported by the 21st Century Cures Act, authorizing what’s referred to as the Beau Biden Moonshot. Congressman Cohen voted for the legislation in 2016.
A third NIH grant, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will support research on enhanced T-cell function.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced five National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,657,819 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. One, for $697,992, from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, is for research on Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-causing proteins. The second, for $455,000, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is for research on inflammatory caspases in innate immunity and inflammation.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive four grants totaling $2,447,031 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive two grants from the National Cancer Institute and that the University of Memphis will receive one grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today denounced the immigration policies of the Trump administration including a proposal to deny legal representation to children facing deportation.
He said President Trump should resign.
In his remarks at the markup, he said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $515,504 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research on yeast transcription under the direction Dr. Tanja Mittag of the Department of Structural Biology. Yeast cells are one of the model systems in the field of genetics. Better understanding the components in the pathway which facilitates DNA transcription to mRNA and then into protein is crucial for understanding our own biology.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced $2,316,842 in Department of Health and Human Services grants to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. One grant, for $784,842, will support graduate medical education. A second, for $1,077,000 from the National Cancer Institute is for integrating systems immunology with immunometabolism and cancer immunity under the direction of Dr. Hongbo Chi. A third grant, for $455,000 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, will study genome stability in glia and diseases under the director of Dr. Peter J.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced five grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which will provide a total of $3,956,287 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced five National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,882,421 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The congressman announced three grants from the National Cancer Institute to St.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced six National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,843,327 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The congressman announced three grants from the National Cancer Institute to St. Jude, totaling $1,172,297, on Monday.