The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation announced today that it is accepting applications for its 2004 Sir Alexander Fleming summer scholarship program. Now it its 49th year, the Fleming program offers scholarships to 12 or more exceptional Oklahoma high school and college science students. The students spend their summers in OMRF’s laboratories, where they learn about […]
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Kilpatrick Stockton Gives $100,000 Gift to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
The law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton has made a $100,000 contribution to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), the organizations announced today. Kilpatrick Stockton’s substantial gift will help OMRF establish a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facility for mice, the first of its kind in Oklahoma. The new facility, which will be completed in 2004, will […]
Research Foundation Adds Board Members
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 […]
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, […]
