Science and Technology

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. UTHSC will receive $635,969 from the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute for research on endothelial cells and $500,000 for nursing education for sexual assault examiners from the Health Resources and Services Administration. St.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will receive a $192,292 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research modeling host-fungal interactions in Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $466,792 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for behavioral health education and training.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"This grant funding to the University of Memphis will improve approaches to behavioral health education and ultimately result in better health outcomes. This is a wise investment in training our students."

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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $623,558 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for leadership education in neurodevelopmental and related disorders training.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive research grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The grant to St. Jude, for $448,750, is for work on interneuron circuits in the spinal motor system. The grant to UTHSC, for $154,000, is for genetic research involving mice.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, watched President Biden's address to a joint session of Congress this evening and made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive two grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $918,830. The first grant, for $443,830, involves tectonic modeling and earthquake cycles. The second, for $475,000, supports research on "water catalyzed by molecular cobalt complexes."

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $179,500 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a genetic study of families with a high frequency of blood cancer.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I'm pleased that this critical research is continuing at St. Jude and am always supportive of the great work the National Institutes of Health are doing to underwrite this kind of important research."