CONGRESSMAN COHEN ANNOUNCES $2.5M IN NIH GRANTS TO UTHSC AND ST. JUDE

Washington, April 14 -- Congressman Steve Cohen issued the following press release:

Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced four grants totaling $2,525,665 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I am pleased to see these substantial investments in our world-renown medical research institutions. The work undertaken with this funding will lead to new discoveries and potentially save lives."

One grant to St. Jude, from the National Cancer Institute for Dr. Asya Agulnik for $665,701. This grant is to better understand how capacity at clinics, and the resources needed for a clinical int...