Cohen Announces More Than $380,000 in Federal Funding for St. Jude

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in downtown Memphis was awarded $382,813 in grant funding for a clinical research project regarding neurological disorders. The grant comes through the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

“This Funding will be used to continue important research at St. Jude, one of the world’s finest health care institutions,” said Congressman Cohen.

The NINDS conducts and supports research to better understand, diagnose, treat, and prevent neurological disorders and strokes. For over 50 years, research funded by the NINDS has improved the quality of health for millions of people in the United States and around the world with Alzheimer’s disease, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, and other neurological disorders.

Founded in 1962, St. Jude is one of the world’s leading children’s cancer research hospitals and is focused on finding cures for and saving children from cancer and other life-threatening diseases.