Science and Technology

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive two grants totaling $1,113,036 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The first grant, for $628,113, is for a project entitled "Fetal cerebral arteries and prenatal alcohol exposure." The second, for $504,923, is for a project entitled "Defining the Role of Intestinal Calcium Channels in Alcoholic Liver Damage."

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a $179,375 grant to the University of Memphis from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research on neurological disorders.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $174,789 grant from the National Science Foundation supporting a project entitled "CRII: III: Towards Effective and Efficient City-scale Traffic Reconstruction." The project is under the direction of Assistant Professor of Computer Science Weizi Li, Ph.D.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $416,325 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to conduct research on apoptosis and tumor suppression. Congressman Cohen also announced a separate NCI grant to St. Jude on Wednesday.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $734,126 grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct research on T cell therapy for pediatric solid tumors.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today questioned expert witnesses at a Committee on Natural Resources legislative hearing on Chairman Raul M. Grijalva's H.R. 2021, the Environmental Justice for All Act.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Committee on Natural Resources, announced that Tennessee's wildlife agencies will share $40.1 million in Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) grants authorized with the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Only Congressmen Cohen and Jim Cooper (TN-05) in the Tennessee Congressional delegation voted for the IIJA which President Biden signed into law in November.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $611,610 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "CAREER: From slow to fast, micro to macro, single events to cascades: A multi-scale study of seismic event triggering in lab and nature." The work is directed by Assistant Professor Thomas Goebel, Ph.D., of the University's Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI).