Congressman Cohen Announces $77,000 Grant to UTHSC

WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $77,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project titled "Modulating drug efflux transporter expression on the macrophage reservoir of HIV." The research is under the direction of Associate Professor Dr. Theodore Cory in the College of Pharmacy.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I am always pleased to see the National Institutes of Health investing in research being conducted at our medical school. The better we understand HIV, the more lives we can extend and save. I congratulate Dr. Cory and UTHSC for undertaking this important work, especially in our community which has one of the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses in the country."

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