Cohen: St. Jude to Receive $319K for Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the National Institute of General Medical Services (NIGMS) has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital $319,200 for pharmacology, physiology and biological chemistry research.

“St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is one of the best research hospitals in the country,” said Congressman Cohen. “These new federal funds will help ensure St. Jude doctors and scientists continue to provide our children with the best care possible.”

NIGMS was established to support research that increases understanding of life processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. NIGMS-funded researchers seek to answer important scientific questions in fields such as cell biology, biophysics, genetics, developmental biology, pharmacology, physiology, biological chemistry, bioinformatics, computational biology, selected aspects of the behavioral sciences and specific cross-cutting clinical areas that affect multiple organ systems.