08/05/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/05/2022 13:24
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced $4,659,710 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) medical research grant funding for Illinois institutions. The funding will be put toward research programs across the state to support advancements in sectors ranging from maternal health care to communicative disorders.
"Illinois is home to world-class medical research institutions, but they cannot reach medical breakthroughs without the proper resources. With support from the federal government with today's announced HHS grants, our state's researchers can discover new, groundbreaking medical treatments that will give new hope to patients seeking treatment," said Durbin.
"Across the state, universities are constantly conducting the cutting-edge research necessary for incredible medical advances," said Duckworth. "As a home for research institutions, Illinois is second to none and with this federal support we can continue to set these institutions up for success while they work to find cures and treatments for illnesses of all kinds."
Recipients of HHS grants include:
In March 2021, Durbin introduced the American Cures Act, which would provide annual budget increases of five percent plus inflation at America's top four biomedical research agencies: the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense Health Program, and the Veterans Medical and Prosthetics Research Program. Over the last seven years, through the Appropriations process, Durbin has successfully worked on a bipartisan basis to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health by nearly 50 percent.
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