At its semiannual board meeting Wednesday, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation honored scientists Patrick Wilson, Ph.D., and Lijun Xia, M.D., Ph.D. The foundation also honored three long-time board members. The board presented the Merrick Award for Outstanding Research to Xia and Wilson. Established in 1981 by Elizabeth Merrick Coe through the Merrick Foundation of Ardmore, […]
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OMRF scientist to receive national research award
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Robert A. Floyd, Ph.D., will receive the 2007 Discovery Award from the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine at its annual meeting on Wednesday in Washington, DC. Floyd, a founding member of the Society, will be recognized for his noted contributions to the field of free radical biology, which […]
An Alzheimer’s vaccine?
OMRF study shows that immunization could slow or prevent the disease
OMRF publications win a pair of blue ribbons
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has won two Upper Case Awards from the Public Relations Society of America. The prizes were announced at the 30th annual Upper Case Awards, which was presented by the Central Oklahoma chapter of the PRSA. OMRF won top prize in the magazine category for Findings. The magazine, which is in […]
Lost in the middle: Author order matters, OMRF paper says
Rare is the scientific paper today written by a single author. With research being conducted by teams of scientists, most studies now boast a half-dozen or so authors. According to a new study led by a scientist at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, credit for those papers is far from evenly distributed, and the order […]
OMRF honors board chairs
At a reception Nov. 1 at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation honored the ten state leaders who have chaired the foundation’s board of directors since it was founded in 1946. The honorees were: Ancel Earp, Oklahoma City (OMRF board chair from 1946-47) J.G. Puterbaugh, McAlester (1947-50) Ted Warkentin, […]