Washington, DC – 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

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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.