Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Dr. Wei Li of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $614,894 from the National Cancer Institute. The grant supports Dr. Li’s work targeting brain and bone metastases in metastatic breast cancer for improved patient survival… Read More
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $3,010,432 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research into diabetes endocrinology.
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $399,076 to study repurposing FDA-approved drugs to target chronic alcohol tolerance from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
This morning, I attended the investiture ceremony for Kevin Ritz of Memphis, appointed last year to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $3,078,607 from the National Institute on Aging to study the relationship between a shortage of antioxidants and age-associated cognitive decline under the direction of Dr. Megan Mulligan.
Research into improved treatment of breast cancer
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $77,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project titled “Modulating drug efflux transporter expression on the macrophage reservoir of HIV.”
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced a bill that would reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act.
