Bill Text: TX HR2346 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Honoring The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center for its contributions to medicine and to the Lone Star State.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-21 - Reported enrolled [HR2346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR2346-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Honoring The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center for its contributions to medicine and to the Lone Star State.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-21 - Reported enrolled [HR2346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR2346-Introduced.html
83R29292 BK-D | ||
By: Johnson | H.R. No. 2346 |
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WHEREAS, Throughout its long and impressive history, The | ||
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has stood at the | ||
forefront of important medical research that has changed the way | ||
the world thinks about the most challenging and devastating | ||
diseases and that has resulted in revolutionary new treatments and | ||
outcomes; and | ||
WHEREAS, Recognized as highly significant to the medical | ||
community, these discoveries have led to an unprecedented number of | ||
national and international peer-reviewed honors for UT | ||
Southwestern faculty, including election to some of our nation's | ||
most prestigious medical research organizations; and | ||
WHEREAS, UT Southwestern faculty boast a level of achievement | ||
that is unique in the State of Texas; the institution is now home to | ||
95 percent of all scientists at state health-related institutions | ||
who have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, regarded | ||
as the "hall of fame" for U.S. researchers, and 100 percent of those | ||
selected as investigators of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a | ||
coveted honor that brings in many millions in private grant | ||
funding; moreover, all five Nobel laureates at statewide | ||
health-related institutions, including four laureates who are | ||
active, are affiliated with UT Southwestern; and | ||
WHEREAS, Adding to this highly distinguished roster, UT | ||
Southwestern is pleased to announce the election of another of its | ||
faculty members to the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Beth | ||
Levine; an expert in autophagy, she identified the first known gene | ||
responsible for the cellular process by which cells devour their | ||
own damaged or unneeded components, a function that is critical for | ||
protection against many cancers and viral and bacterial infections; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, The mission of UT Southwestern Medical Center and | ||
its renowned faculty is to deliver quality medical care that brings | ||
scientific advances to the bedside, to conduct high-impact, | ||
internationally recognized research, and to educate leaders in | ||
biomedical science, patient care, and disease prevention; | ||
acknowledging research as the cornerstone on which world-class | ||
health education and patient care are built, UT Southwestern | ||
annually secures more than $415 million for cutting-edge medical | ||
studies; and | ||
WHEREAS, UT Southwestern, the sixth-largest medical school | ||
in the United States, educates more than 930 medical students and | ||
over 1,600 residents; it ranks as the nation's fourth-largest | ||
graduate medical education program and the single largest in the | ||
state, training nearly one in four doctors at all statewide | ||
health-related institutions; in addition, its faculty educate over | ||
1,800 graduate students and Fellows as part of the largest | ||
biomedical sciences graduate program in Texas, thereby | ||
contributing promising scientific minds to our state and nation; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Serving the health care needs of their community, | ||
the faculty and residents of UT Southwestern care for more than | ||
100,000 hospitalized patients and conduct nearly 2.1 million | ||
outpatient visits each year; the medical center also plays an | ||
important role in the regional economy, with approximately 12,000 | ||
employees and an annual operating budget of nearly $1.8 billion; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Dedicated to improving the field of medicine through | ||
research, innovation, and education, UT Southwestern Medical | ||
Center is developing the next generation of health professionals | ||
and the next wave of lifesaving treatments, and it is a privilege to | ||
recognize its ongoing commitment to excellence; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor The University of Texas Southwestern | ||
Medical Center on its unique contributions in research and | ||
education and extend to all those associated with the institution | ||
sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for UT Southwestern Medical Center as an expression of | ||
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |