A report released today concludes that the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has an annual impact of $46 million on Oklahoma’s economy. The new study, authored by a pair of the state’s leading economists, also concludes that OMRF is responsible for an estimated 1,061 jobs in Oklahoma—543 directly employed by OMRF and 518 others created as […]
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OMRF offering scholarships for science teachers
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is offering scholarships for Oklahoma science teachers to participate in OMRF’s 2006 Foundation Scholar Program. OMRF is accepting applications through March 15 for scholarships to the four-week summer course, which helps teachers build their classroom curriculum through hands-on laboratory work. The program, Living Chemistry, provides middle and high school science […]
OMRF receives $100,000 gift from Kerr-McGee to support education
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Kerr-McGee Corp. to establish the Kerr-McGee Biomedical Research Education Endowment at OMRF. The endowment will help fund a pair of educational programs — OMRF’s Sir Alexander Fleming Scholar Program and its Graduate Student Scholarship Program. “Our sons and daughters shouldn’t have to leave […]
Leading HIV researcher to visit OMRF
The doctor who co-discovered HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus) will visit the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation on March 8 and deliver the keynote address at an OMRF dinner that evening. Robert Gallo, M.D., who made his watershed discovery in the early 1980s, will come to OMRF as part of the Oklahoma AIDS Care Fund Endowed […]
ConocoPhillips donates to OMRF
The Ponca City office of ConocoPhillips has presented the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation with a check for $10,000 to support medical research. ConocoPhillips presented the check to OMRF President J. Donald Capra, M.D., at a luncheon in Ponca City on February 10. “ConocoPhillips is pleased to be able to make this donation to OMRF because […]
OMRF scientist shows artistic side
For some, art and science represent two distinct worlds. But for Jordan Tang, Ph.D., the two are inextricably linked. Tang has headed the Protein Studies Research Program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for 35 years and has carved a sterling reputation as one of country’s leading Alzheimer’s disease researchers. But on Sunday, he will […]
