Education

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $915,604 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for research on “Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.”

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive grants from the National Science Foundation for a project focused on “Racial Equity in STEM Education.”

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive an “Outstanding Investigator” grant of $1,110,000 from the National Cancer Institute for research into the mechanism of regulated cell death under the direction of Dr. Douglas R. Green, who holds the Peter C. Doherty Endowed Chair of Immunology at the hospital.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Porter-Leath Inc. will receive a grant of $2,384,972 from the Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start to operate its Early Head Start programs in Shelby County.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Aram Goudsouzian, the Bizot Family Professor of History at the University of Memphis, will receive a $60,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant underwriting research for his new book, The Sports Page: Writers, Athletes and the Challenges of the Sixties. The book will look at how American sports writers and sports culture were affected by the Civil Rights Movement and the rise of televised sports from the 1950s to the 1970s.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $615,455 to study eosinophils – a type of white blood cell – and antibacterial immunity in the lungs. The funding comes from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive U.S. Navy funding of $21,184,191 over 48 months to develop an Unmanned Systems Degraded Environment Facility for testing drones in complex and controllable airflow patterns. The funding was awarded based on competitive bids solicited in 2022 and will produce a facility for testing unmanned vehicles and Naval simulators under degraded visual conditions.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that two University of Memphis professors will receive $525,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation. Thomas Goebel, an assistant professor at the University’s Center for Earthquake Research and Information, will receive grants of $425,000 and $50,000 for seismic research projects. Jessica Jennings, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, will receive $50,000 to study improved tissue regeneration.