The laboratories at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation are typically pretty quiet places. But today and tomorrow, they will echo with the oohs and ahs of 35 youngsters who will don lab coats, goggles and gloves for the 25th installment of OMRF’s Junior Science Days. Thirty-five elementary, middle and high school students from the Putnam […]
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OMRF Names Blair New VP for Institutional Advancement
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation announced today that it has named Steve Blair vice president for institutional advancement. Blair comes to OMRF with over a decade of development experience. Most recently, he served as external relations director for the Cardiovascular Center at the University of California, San Diego, where he raised more than $30 million […]
Zapaq completes $6 million financing
Zapaq, Inc., a drug discovery and development company, announced that it has obtained $6 million in private financing from two premier venture capital firms – Sanderling Ventures and Yamanouchi Venture Capital. “This financing allows us to make significant advances toward the clinical development of a compound that could delay or even halt the progression of […]
OMRF earns top rating from national charity ranking service
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has earned four stars—the highest possible rating—from Charity Navigator, a national charity ranking service. This is the second consecutive year in which OMRF has received the prestigious four-star rating. “At OMRF, we work very hard to ensure that we use every cent of every donation wisely,” said Mike “Chip” Morgan, […]
Oklahoma scientist casts light on Legionnaires’ disease
In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and Columbia University have found clues as to why the bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ disease can escape from their natural hosts before killing them. Scientists hope this information will provide a better understanding of the potentially fatal disease, which […]
OMRF secures nearly $23 million in federal research grants for 2003
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation announced today that its scientists secured $22.99 million in research grants and contracts from the National Institutes of Health in 2003. This total surpasses OMRF’s previous record of $20.7 million, set in 2002. OMRF’s 45 principal scientists secured, on average, $510,000 in NIH funding per scientist. “Our scientists are obtaining […]
