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Congressman Cohen Announces $1.1 Million Research Grant to UTHSC

February 20, 2020

Funding for glaucoma therapy

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $1,137,678 grant from the National Eye Institute to conduct research on glaucoma.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"Glaucoma is a serious eye disease that is five times more prevalent in African Americans. This research grant will help develop therapies to treat the disease and keep ophthalmologists at work to find an eventual cure."