Bill Text: TX HR465 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Claudia F. Lucchinetti on her appointment as dean of The University of Texas at Austin's Dell Medical School.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR465 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR465-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 465 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Claudia F. Lucchinetti began her tenure as dean | ||
of The University of Texas at Austin's Dell Medical School on | ||
December 1, 2022; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Lucchinetti is the second dean of Dell Medical | ||
School, which began offering classes in 2016; in addition to | ||
leading the faculty of the institution and overseeing the clinical | ||
operations at its clinic, UT Health Austin, she will serve as senior | ||
vice president for medical affairs at The University of Texas and | ||
will hold the Frank and Charmaine Denius Distinguished Dean's Chair | ||
in Medical Leadership; and | ||
WHEREAS, An alumna of Rush Medical College in Chicago and | ||
Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, Dr. Lucchinetti | ||
completed medical training at the Mayo Clinic and the Institute of | ||
Experimental Neurology at the University of Vienna in Austria; she | ||
joined the faculty at the Mayo Clinic in 1996 and has served as | ||
chair of the neurology department and dean for clinical and | ||
translational science; her research has centered on multiple | ||
sclerosis and other inflammatory demyelinating diseases, and her | ||
team has uncovered important findings that have led to the | ||
discovery of biomarkers and the development of new treatments for | ||
MS; during her time at the Mayo Clinic, she has also headed research | ||
on neuromyelitis optica, an autoimmune disease of the eye, which | ||
has resulted in the first FDA-approved medication for the | ||
condition; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Claudia Lucchinetti has distinguished herself | ||
as a medical scientist and researcher of the highest caliber, and | ||
The University of Texas and Dell Medical School are certain to | ||
benefit immeasurably from the extensive knowledge and experience | ||
she brings to her new position; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Claudia F. Lucchinetti on her | ||
appointment as dean of the UT Dell Medical School and extend to her | ||
sincere best wishes for a productive and rewarding tenure; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Lucchinetti as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Hinojosa | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 465 was adopted by the House on March | ||
16, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||