Cohen Announces Nearly $750,000 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 $746,404 in federal grant funding to help treat chronic infections. The grant, which will be used to help identify therapeutic candidates capable of eradicating recalcitrant chronic infections, comes through the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

“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 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. For more than 60 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world.

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.