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By: A. Johnson of Harris H.R. No. 539
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Dr. Jennifer Wargo of The University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center is being presented with the Edith and Peter
O'Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas Academy of Medicine,
Engineering, Science and Technology in May 2023; and
WHEREAS, Established in 2006, the O'Donnell Awards annually
recognize Texas-based researchers who are addressing the essential
role that science and technology play in society, and whose work
meets the highest standards of professional performance,
creativity, and resourcefulness; honorees are selected in five
categories, medicine, engineering, biological sciences, physical
sciences, and technology innovation, and each award includes a
$25,000 honorarium as well as an invitation to present at TAMEST's
annual conference; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Jennifer Wargo is a physician and professor of
surgical oncology and genomic medicine at MD Anderson Cancer
Center, where she leads the Platform for Innovative Microbiome and
Translational Research; she is being recognized with an O'Donnell
Award for her discoveries on the connection between treatment
outcomes and a patient's gut microbiome; and
WHEREAS, An alumna of Gwynedd Mercy University in
Pennsylvania, Dr. Wargo pursued her medical studies at the Medical
College of Pennsylvania and Harvard University; in 2008, she joined
the faculty of Massachusetts General Hospital, where she
established a translational research laboratory with a focus on
better understanding response and resistance to treatment for
melanoma, pancreatic cancer, and other types of cancer; she was
recruited to MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2013 to help lead its
Melanoma Moon Shot program; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Jennifer Wargo's important research efforts
have made a lasting, positive impact in her field, and she is truly
deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Jennifer Wargo on her receipt
of the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas
Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology and extend
to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Dr. Wargo as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.