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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Jennifer Wargo of The University of Texas MD |
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Anderson Cancer Center is being presented with the Edith and Peter |
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O'Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas Academy of Medicine, |
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Engineering, Science and Technology in May 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 2006, the O'Donnell Awards annually |
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recognize Texas-based researchers who are addressing the essential |
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role that science and technology play in society, and whose work |
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meets the highest standards of professional performance, |
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creativity, and resourcefulness; honorees are selected in five |
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categories, medicine, engineering, biological sciences, physical |
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sciences, and technology innovation, and each award includes a |
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$25,000 honorarium as well as an invitation to present at TAMEST's |
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annual conference; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Jennifer Wargo is a physician and professor of |
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surgical oncology and genomic medicine at MD Anderson Cancer |
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Center, where she leads the Platform for Innovative Microbiome and |
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Translational Research; she is being recognized with an O'Donnell |
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Award for her discoveries on the connection between treatment |
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outcomes and a patient's gut microbiome; and |
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WHEREAS, An alumna of Gwynedd Mercy University in |
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Pennsylvania, Dr. Wargo pursued her medical studies at the Medical |
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College of Pennsylvania and Harvard University; in 2008, she joined |
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the faculty of Massachusetts General Hospital, where she |
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established a translational research laboratory with a focus on |
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better understanding response and resistance to treatment for |
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melanoma, pancreatic cancer, and other types of cancer; she was |
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recruited to MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2013 to help lead its |
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Melanoma Moon Shot program; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Jennifer Wargo's important research efforts |
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have made a lasting, positive impact in her field, and she is truly |
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deserving of this prestigious honor; 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. Jennifer Wargo on her receipt |
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of the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas |
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Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology and extend |
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to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Wargo as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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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. 539 was adopted by the House on March |
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30, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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