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Congressman Cohen Announces Diabetes Research Grant to UTHSC

July 23, 2020

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $342,000 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research on gastrointestinal dysfunction.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I'm pleased our medical school researchers can continue their important work on the scourge of diabetes, which is so devastating to communities of color, including to residents of my district in Memphis."