The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation announced that it is launching a $100 million fundraising effort. Proceeds from its “Imagine” campaign, which will be chaired by H.E. “Gene” Rainbolt, will go to extensive additions and renovations to OMRF’s 55-year-old facility, recruiting new scientists, building educational programs at the foundation, and significantly increasing the foundation’s endowment. “Thanks […]
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Study Seeks Lupus Patients of Asian Descent
Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation are seeking lupus patients of Asian descent to participate in an important genetic research project. The project is part of the National Institutes of Health’s Lupus Genetic Studies, which is working to find the genes that cause lupus in the hopes of one day developing a cure. Having […]
Oklahoma’s First Lady launches OMRF awareness campaign
Oklahoma First Lady Kim Henry and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation today announced the launch of a media campaign aimed at building public awareness and support for OMRF. The campaign will kick off on Monday with a reception at OMRF, where Mrs. Henry and OMRF President J. Donald Capra, M.D., will unveil a new television […]
Lucky 36: Ladies Auxiliary surpasses $100,000 for cancer research
For the 36th straight year, the Oklahoma chapter of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars has made a gift in support of cancer research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. With this donation, the Auxiliary has now given over $100,000 to OMRF. “For more than three decades, the Ladies Auxiliary to the […]
OMRF Announces Promotions
OKLAHOMA CITY, December 17, 2004 – The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has named Rodger McEver, M.D., as Vice President of Research and Tim Hassen as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Rodger McEver McEver holds a B.A. from Yale University and earned his medical degree at the University of Chicago. He joined OMRF’s scientific staff in 1987 and […]
OMRF completes $100 million campaign
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation announced today that it has successfully completed its “For the Future of Medical Research” fundraising campaign, obtaining almost $101 million in gifts and pledges. The campaign, which began in November 1999 and has funded a wide variety of capital and endowment projects, represents the largest fundraising effort in the foundation’s […]
