Science and Technology
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $414,779 from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for a project entitled “Downregulation of neutrophil extracellular traps by fibrous regeneration template design.” The project is under the direction of Dr. Gary L. Bowlin, Chairman and Professor in the University’s Biomedical Engineering Department.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County will receive a $1,777,632 for its Ryan White HIV/AIDS programs.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will be receiving two significant research grants from the National Institutes of Health. The first, for $756,105, is from the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for work on “Prenatal Longitudinal Metabolomics Profiling for Early Childhood Growth Trajectories and Obesity Risk in a U.S.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $174,960 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a projected entitled “CRII: III: Metadata-guided Imbalance-Modeling for Robust Computational Healthcare” under the direction of Department of Computer Science Assistant Professor Xiaolei Huang.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced two National Institutes of Health grants totaling $1,312,806. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive $890,694 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the interaction between T-cell receptors and the peptide-major histocompatibility complex (MHC).
WASHINGTON – On the first day of Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the bipartisan Cerebral Palsy Research Program Authorization Act, to investigate the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and societal costs of cerebral palsy, the most prevalent life-long physical disability.
The bill is currently cosponsored by Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $708,579 to study hematopoietic stem cell dysfunction in sickle cell disease from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $1,247,879 grant from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases for research mapping the genomic and molecular mechanisms of antifungal resistance in the emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris, often spread in health care settings.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today wrote to Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro of the U.S. Government Accountability Office seeking a review of the federal government’s costs associated with treating patients who used asbestos-contaminated Johnson & Johnson baby powder and became ill because of their exposure to this known carcinogen.
The letter reads in part:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $754,116 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the cerebellar origins of medulloblastoma subgroups.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: