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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, UTHealth Houston researchers Dr. Nitin Tandon, |
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Dr. John Seymour, and Dr. Sandipan Pati have received significant |
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grants from the National Institutes of Health as part of its Brain |
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Research Through Advancing Neurotechnologies Initiative; and |
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WHEREAS, The BRAIN initiative aims to accelerate the |
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development and application of innovative technologies, enabling |
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researchers to share data in order to produce a dynamic picture of |
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the human brain that will show how individual cells and complex |
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neural circuits interact in both time and space; and |
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WHEREAS, The NIH awarded three grants totaling $15 million |
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for projects led by Dr. Tandon, professor and chair ad interim of |
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the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at the McGovern |
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Medical School, Dr. John Seymour, associate professor of |
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neurosurgery with the medical school, and Dr. Sandipan Pati, |
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associate professor in the school's Department of Neurology; and |
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WHEREAS, A project co-led by Dr. Seymour and Dr. Tandon |
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received a three-year grant to develop a minimally invasive device |
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that enables ultra-scale recordings from the human brain, allowing |
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for the generation of detailed brain maps that show how humans |
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speak; another five-year grant was awarded to Dr. Pati and |
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Dr. Tandon for a project that will use an innovative method, |
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neuromodulation, as a way to disrupt seizures that begin in the |
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hippocampus, the part of the brain that is critical for memory and |
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other functions, as an alternative to surgery; a third project led |
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by Dr. Tandon was funded to perform recordings from the brains of |
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patients with electrodes placed to localize epilepsy in order to |
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identify the specific roles and interactions of the brain areas |
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involved in reading; and |
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WHEREAS, Through their outstanding work at UTHealth Houston, |
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Dr. Tandon, Dr. Seymour, and Dr. Pati have distinguished |
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themselves as innovative researchers, and these prestigious grants |
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will help provide them with the support they need to continue their |
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vital work; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Nitin Tandon, Dr. John |
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Seymour, and Dr. Sandipan Pati of UTHealth Houston on receiving |
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grants from the National Institutes of Health Brain Research |
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Through Advancing Neurotechnologies Initiative and extend to them |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Drs. Tandon, Seymour, and Pati as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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A. Johnson of Harris |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 504 was adopted by the House on March |
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16, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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