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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Huda Zoghbi was awarded the 2022 Kavli Prize in |
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Neuroscience by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; and |
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WHEREAS, The Kavli Prize honors scientists for breakthroughs |
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in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience, and |
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Dr. Zoghbi and her co-recipients were awarded the 2022 Kavli Prize |
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in Neuroscience for pioneering the discovery of genes underlying a |
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range of serious brain disorders and developing strategies for |
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diagnosis and treatment; and |
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WHEREAS, A world-renowned clinician-scientist, Dr. Zoghbi |
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received the award for her independent work identifying the |
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mutations in the MECP2 gene that cause Rett syndrome, which |
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develops in young girls and results in devastating motor and |
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cognitive symptoms; the award also recognizes her collaboration |
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with fellow award recipient Harry T. Orr on their work discovering |
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ATAXIN1, the gene underlying the neurodegenerative disease |
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spinocerebellar ataxia type 1; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Zoghbi is a professor of pediatrics, neurology, |
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neuroscience, and molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of |
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Medicine; she also serves as the founding director of the Jan and |
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Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's |
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Hospital and as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator; |
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moreover, she is a trustee emerita at Rice University and an elected |
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member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy |
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of Inventors; she has received numerous honors for her myriad |
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achievements, including the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Research, |
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the Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, the Breakthrough Prize in Life |
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Sciences, and the Brain Prize; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Lebanon, Dr. Zoghbi attended the American |
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University of Beirut; she moved to the United States after the |
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Lebanese Civil War broke out to continue medical school, and in |
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1979, she graduated from Meharry Medical College in Nashville; she |
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went on to complete her training in pediatric neurology and receive |
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a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular genetics at Baylor College |
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of Medicine in Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, The groundbreaking contributions of Dr. Huda Zoghbi |
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have placed her at the forefront of the field of neuroscience, and |
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her efforts are inspiring other scientists in the Lone Star State |
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and beyond; 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. Huda Zoghbi on her receipt of |
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the 2022 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for continued success in her important work; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Zoghbi as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |