Congressman Cohen Announces Research Grant to St. Jude

MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $682,433 grant from the National Cancer Institute for a project titled "Sustainability determinants of an intervention to identify clinical deterioration and improve childhood cancer survival in low-resource hospitals."

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"St. Jude is uniquely qualified to review the factors that improve childhood cancer survival. I am pleased to see one of our National Institutes of Health investing in this project at our premier children's research hospital."

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