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Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Proudly Representing the 30th District of Texas
  For Immediate Release  
  Contact: Phoebe Silag  
  Phone: (202) 225-8885  
October 22, 2008
 

CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON ANNOUNCES MEDICAL RESEARCH GRANTS TO TEXAS DISTRICT 30

 
 
Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has awarded four different research grants to medical facilities in the 30th Congressional District of Dallas, totaling more than $1.1 million.

Please see below for information about each grant’s awarding office, name of grantee, type of award and award amount:

 

Awarding Office: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Name of Grantee: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Type of Award: Biological Research Related to Deafness and Communicative Disorders

Amount of Award: $157,000

 

Awarding Office: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Name of Grantee: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Type of Award: Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research

Amount of Award: $392,500

 

Awarding Office: National Cancer Institute

Name of Grantee: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Type of Award: Cancer Biology Research

Amount of Award: $319,260

 

Awarding Office: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Name of Grantee: Baylor Research Institute

Type of Award: Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects

Amount of Award: $298,525 

 
U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.
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