Education
Education is a priority for families in the Ninth District. Congressman Cohen is honored to represent the district's many schools, enrichment centers, and institutions of higher education. Education has been one of the focal points of his career, and he believe everyone should have access to a quality education.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a grant of $500,500 and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $308,000, both to study tauopathies. The grants are from the National Institute on Aging. Tauopathies are a group of progressive neurodegenerative disorders defined by the presence of tau protein aggregates in the brain.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $999,861 for nursing education, practice, quality and retention from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of U.S. Health Resources and Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $39,786 from the National Science Foundation supporting a project entitled "Collaborative Research: P2C2 – Medieval to Modern Climate Variability and Climate Change in the Great Plains" under the direction of Earth Sciences Professor Dorian Burnette.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Rhodes College will receive a $639,165 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the genetics of filamentous fungi under the direction of Chemistry and Natural Sciences Professor Loretta Jackson-Hayes.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $320,468 from the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health to modernize its animal care facility.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $308,000 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research involving the rapamycin complex 1, a protein complex that controls protein synthesis.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $426,364 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research on neuronal scaling in the developing cerebellum.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $299,582 grant from the National Science Foundation for cybersecurity research under the direction of Computer Science Professor Christos Papadopoulos.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: