Congressman Cohen Announces $884,991 in NIH Grants to St. Jude

Image September 14, 2026 Press Release Funding will support machine learning, cancer research, and infectious disease training WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Coen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive four grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling $884,991. One grant of $263,328 is from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for training staff in infectious disease therapeutics. A second, for $289,458, is for research on pediatric leukemia from the National Cancer Institute. A third, for $49,114, is for a predoctoral program at the hospital’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. And a fourth, for $283,091, is for mapping Real-World CAR T-cell implementation from the National Cancer Institute. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: “This investment in staff training and cancer and biomedical research will result in better outcomes for patients and potentially save lives.” # # # Issues : 9th District Economy and Jobs Education Health Care Memphis Science and Technology Shelby County Tennessee