Cohen Announces Nearly $220,000 For St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $218,775 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for a graduate medical education payment program.

“This funding will help St. Jude continue to provide the best training for the world’s first-class doctors who choose to pursue the path of children’s medicine,” said Congressman Cohen.

This funding comes through HHS’ Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program, which provides federal funds to freestanding children's hospitals to help them maintain their graduate medical education (GME) programs that train resident physicians. GME follows graduation from medical school and can take between three and seven years to complete, depending on the specialty track chosen.

Founded in 1962, St. Jude is one of the world’s leading children’s cancer research hospitals and is focused on finding cures for and saving children from cancer and other life-threatening diseases.