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Congressman Cohen Announces Vision Research Grant to UTHSC

January 17, 2025

National Eye Institute funding for study of autoimmune uveitis

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $231,000 research grant to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) from the National Eye Institute. The project is titled “a generalizable deep learning platform for unifying quantification of experimental autoimmune uveitis.”

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

“I’m pleased to see one of our prestigious National Institutes of Health investing in critical research at our medical school. This research will lead to discoveries that will improve lives.”

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