Every moment of every day, clocks were ticking in Frieda Fitzgerald’s home. Wall clocks, desk clocks, cuckoo clocks. They filled the walls and shelves of every room in her house. It was a collection Frieda and her late husband, H. Douglas, worked years to amass. When H. Douglas Fitzgerald’s days ran short—he died in 1989—Frieda, […]
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Obama health nominee has impacted state
Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., may not be from Oklahoma, but he’s made plenty of impact at OMRF. A world-renowned geneticist, Collins was nominated this week by President Barack Obama to run the National Institutes of Health and is a proponent of “big science,” said OMRF President Stephen Prescott, M.D. “Dr. Collins is smart, articulate and […]
How I spent my summer vacation: Budding researchers forgo summer break for scientific discovery
For many students, summer marks a time for rest and relaxation. For sailboats and sunscreen, beachcombing and barbecues. But don’t tell that to a dozen of Oklahoma’s top high school and college science students. As Sir Alexander Fleming Scholars at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, they’ve opted to trade swimsuits for lab coats so they […]
Ozone alert days could worsen or jump-start disease in susceptible patients
It used to be a cure-all in homespun medical advice, but as the mercury reaches the triple digits, “fresh air” might sometimes do more harm than good. Air pollution, especially evident during recent ozone alerts, might be triggering otherwise dormant genetic conditions, said OMRF scientist Dario Ramirez, Ph.D. Ramirez’s work at OMRF centers on how […]
Bugging Out: Teachers learn from microbes at OMRF
For five Oklahoma science teachers, “bugs” have taken on a whole new meaning this summer. As Foundation Scholars, the group of secondary school teachers is spending four weeks at OMRF studying microbes—tiny, living organisms like bacteria and fungi, many of which cause disease. With guidance from senior-level OMRF scientists, the teachers assume the role of […]
Honoring his father
John Saxon III, M.D., had long wanted to do something to memorialize his father, John, a West Point graduate who taught for five years at the U.S. Air Force Academy and was a career Air Force pilot before passing away in 1996. Saxon also had been planning to do something to benefit OMRF, where he’s […]
