Congressman Cohen Announces $573,500 NIH Outstanding Investigator Award Grant to St. Jude

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $573,500 Outstanding Investigator Award grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for a project entitled “Understanding Phase Separation in Biology and Disease.” The grant is being awarded to Dr. Richard W. Kriwacki, a member of the St. Jude faculty in the Department of Structural Biology.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

“I congratulate St. Jude and Dr. Kriwacki on this substantial and prestigious grant award. The work St. Jude does every day saves lives and it’s encouraging to see members of its faculty being singled out nationally for their ‘outstanding’ scientific research.”

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