For Huguette White, it had been a reunion 48 years in the making. When she came through the doors of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Thursday, her smile beamed as bright as the sunny November day. No matter that she moved on crutches, something that she’d grown accustomed to since cancer claimed her left leg […]
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Charity Navigator gives OMRF four stars
Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest charity evaluator, has once again awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation its highest possible rating. Charity Navigator was created in 2001, and the service has awarded OMRF four stars in each of its annual evaluations since then. OMRF is one of only four Oklahoma charities to earn Charity Navigator’s top […]
OMRF adds board members, honors scientists
At its semiannual board meeting Thursday, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation added two new members to its board of directors: Tulsa Mayor Kathryn Taylor and James Morris II, a retired Oklahoma City insurance executive. The board also honored OMRF researchers Swapan Nath, Ph.D., and Fletcher Taylor Jr., M.D. An attorney, Kathryn Taylor began her legal […]
OMRF seeking scholarship applicants
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2007 Sir Alexander Fleming summer scholarship program. The eight-week science program lets students develop their research skills by working alongside world-class researchers in OMRF’s laboratories. The application deadline is February 1. “We’ve seen students come through this program and emerge with a much clearer […]
Eastern Star tops $100,000 for OMRF
The Order of the Eastern Star this week presented the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation with donations to fund research on neurological diseases and multiple sclerosis. The gifts, which totaled $19,300, bring the Eastern Star’s overall donations to OMRF to $117,000 since the organization began giving to the medical research foundation in 2002. “The passion and […]
OMRF offers free CPA conference
A trio of attorneys will help accountants make sense of new tax and estate-planning laws during a free conference next month sponsored by the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The conference is from 1 to 4 p.m., Nov. 15 in the OMRF Conference Center, 825 NE 13. All certified public accountants who attend will earn three […]
