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May 31, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $370,000 for glaucoma research. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Eye Institute (NEI).

April 15, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $358,000 for heart and vascular diseases research. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHBLI).

March 31, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $438,932 for heart and vascular diseases research. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHBLI).

March 30, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital $652,332 for HIV/AIDS research to help mothers and children combat the deadly disease. The new federal funds will be distributed by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

March 3, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $667,578 for research for mothers and children for a controlled trial of Gabapentin to treat symptoms of Vulvodynia. The federal funds will be distributed through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

March 2, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the University of Memphis $584,315 for biological research related to deafness and communicative disorders. The federal funds will be distributed through the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The University of Memphis received a similar award of $292,294 on February 14 from HHS.

February 22, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital $240,059 for cancer cause and prevention research.

February 14, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Memphis $292,294 for biological research related to deafness and communicative disorders. The new federal funds will be distributed through the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

February 8, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital $434,896 for allergy, immunology and transplantation research. The federal funds will be distributed through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

February 4, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital three federal grants worth more than $780,000 for research.