Science and Technology

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $4,163,954 grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct a Childhood Cancer Survivorship Study.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today questioned an official from the U.S. Geological Survey's Ecosystem program about a mysterious illness that has killed 85 wild horses at a Bureau of Land Management facility in Colorado in less than a week. The questions were raised at a Committee on Natural Resources hearing entitled "Preventing Pandemics through U.S. Wildlife-borne Disease Surveillance."

See his line of questioning here.

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WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), with bipartisan co-sponsors Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5), today introduced the Cerebral Palsy Research Program Act which would create a cerebral palsy research program within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and provide the first-ever dedicated source of federal funding for cerebral palsy research.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Shelby County Health Department's Ambient Air Monitoring Network will receive a $520,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 $473,819 grant from the National Eye Institute for research predicting the risk of glaucoma.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I am always pleased to announce research funding from one of the National Institutes of Health. This particular funding will help address glaucoma which disproportionately affects the African American community. I am sure it will result in better outcomes for patients."

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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.