Science and Technology

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that the University of Memphis has been awarded a total of $890,000 in grant funding for arts and research projects. The three grants announced today were awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

“This funding underscores the important role University of Memphis scholars play in areas of national importance including sciences and the humanities,” said Congressman Cohen.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Research First Act to prevent and reverse the disastrous effects of sequestration cuts on critically important National Institutes of Health (NIH) research projects that could one day lead to cures for diseases that plague people around the globe. The legislation would replace more than $1.5 billion in crippling cuts to the NIH with Department of Defense funding that Pentagon leaders admit they don’t need.

MEMPHIS, TN -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was awarded $371,875 in funding for biological research related to deafness and other communicative disorders. The funding was awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

“This grant will help our doctors and scientists at St. Jude better understand the communicative disorders, including deafness, that affect millions of people around the globe,” said Congressman Cohen.

MEMPHIS, TN -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis has been awarded $225,000 in funding from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The funding will be used by the Health Science Center for clinical research related to neurological disorders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a grant worth $71,052 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. These new funds will be used to bolster the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program at St. Jude. This program helps enable St.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a grant worth $302,203 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for cancer treatment research. Specifically, the grant will go toward the study of cancer-fighting strategies targeting the Autotaxin-LPA Receptor Axis, which has been linked to cell proliferation and migration in cancerous tumors.

MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two grants totaling $724,542 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. A grant worth $374,792 will be used for research into the metabolism and function of vitamin D in the cornea, distributed by the National Eye Institute.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital $4,314,800 for a childhood cancer survivor study. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).