Schakowsky Announces Over $1.35 Million in Health & Human Services Grants

SCHAKOWSKY ANNOUNCES OVER $1.35 MILLION IN
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES GRANTS

Washington, D.C.–U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services approved over $1.35 million in federal grants for the 9th Congressional District of Illinois. Congresswoman Schakowsky supported several of these competitive grants.

"I was proud to support these competitive grants and I am delighted that they were recognized by the Department of Health & Human Services,... said U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky. "These funds will be used to help improve the health and quality of life for hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents....

U.S. Department of Health & Human Service Grants:

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
• $228,750 for Intra-renal Bold MRI: Application to Diabetic Nephropathy
(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

• $381,250 for Regulation & Function of Calponin
(National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

Northwestern University
• $73,939 for Phonological Cascade in Speech Production
(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

• $209,780 for Parallel Gene Delivery for Spinal Cord Bridges
(National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering)

Heartland Heath Outreach, Inc.
• $460,417 for Health Center Cluster
(HRSA Division of Grants Management Operations)