El Paso Community College (EPCC) will be awarded $588,797 in federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  The office of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences announced that EPCC’s project “RISE to the challenge” will receive the funding on October 10 of this year.  EPCC will use the money for advances in Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry Research.  Congressman Silvestre Reyes said, “These federal funds will allow EPCC to provide students with more opportunities in health related research, and in turn they will help provide solutions to health challenges El Pasoans and the community are faced with.”

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