At its semiannual board meeting today, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation welcomed three members to its board of directors: Ann Felton of Oklahoma City, Marilyn Harrel of Leedey and Patricia Evans of Ponca City. Since 1992, Felton has chaired the board of directors of Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity. She has also served on the […]
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Eastern Star Donates $25,000 to OMRF
The Order of the Eastern Star has presented the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation with checks for $25,297.18 to support medical research, OMRF announced today. “We at OMRF consider ourselves extremely fortunate to have friends like the members of the Eastern Star,” said OMRF associate vice president for development Vernon Cook II. “These generous donations are […]
Encore Pharmaceuticals Wins Grant to Continue Work with OMRF
Encore Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (EncorePharma) announced today that it has received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Institutes of Health. The $100,000 grant will further the collaborative research and development efforts between EncorePharma researchers and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists Robert Floyd, Ph.D., and Kenneth Hensley, Ph.D. The grant will help […]
OMRF Scientist Endows Chair in Cardiovascular Research
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation announced today that Fletcher B. Taylor, Jr., M.D., who has spent more than two decades as a scientist at OMRF, has endowed a chair at the foundation. Taylor’s gift will establish the Alvin Chang Chair in Cardiovascular Biology. The chair is named in honor of Taylor’s longtime senior research assistant, […]
Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW Tops $99,000 for Cancer Research
On Saturday, the Oklahoma chapter of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars presented a check for $3,502.39 to OMRF. With this gift, the Auxiliary has now donated more than $99,000 to support cancer research at OMRF since the Auxiliary began giving to the foundation in 1971. “These gifts mean a great deal […]
Oklahoma Researchers Show Autoantibodies Occur before Lupus in New England Journal of Medicine Study
In a study published tomorrow in The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists report that in patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus (commonly known as lupus), autoantibodies – proteins that the body mistakenly unleashes against its own tissue – are typically present years before patients are diagnosed with the disease. This research by scientists at […]
