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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING DR. STEPHEN SALLOWAY ON BEING NAMED RHODE ISLAND'S

MAN OF THE YEAR FOR 2019

     Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Ackerman, Corvese, Kislak, and Jackson

     Date Introduced: January 09, 2020

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Stephen Salloway, MD, is the Martin M. Zucker Professor of Psychiatry and

Human Behavior and Professor of Neurology at Brown University, Chief of Neurology and

Director of the Memory and Aging Program (MAP) at Butler Hospital, and a global leader in

Alzheimer’s Research; and

     WHEREAS, Approximately 5.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease and

it is estimated that around 5.3 million are 65 and older, and about two-thirds are women; and

     WHEREAS, For more than two decades, Dr. Salloway has played a pivotal role in the

worldwide fight against Alzheimer’s disease; and

     WHEREAS, During his tenure as the Director of MAP, numerous important outcomes

and advances in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease have advanced, including most recently,

trials for an investigative drug called Aducanumab which is on an FDA fasttrack to becoming the

first new drug approved in 16 years, that actually targets the disease and could potentially become

"One of the Most Valuable in History" in the fight against Alzheimer's; and

     WHEREAS, MAP is an affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown

University and has a 25-year history of excellence in clinical care, training, and research. They

work hand-in-hand with community groups, health care providers, and research organizations to

find preventative and breakthrough treatments for Alzheimer’s disease; and

     WHEREAS, For his momentous achievements in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease,

Dr. Salloway has been named Rhode Island’s Man of the Year for 2019 by GoLocalProv on

January 1, 2020, and was inducted into Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame on May 8, 2019; and

     WHEREAS, Due to the extraordinary work of Dr. Salloway, MAP, and the many

participants and donors, effective treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's is closer to becoming a

reality; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Dr. Stephen Salloway on being named Rhode

Island's Man of the Year for 2019, and wishes him much continued success; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Dr. Stephen Salloway.

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