The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2009 Sir Alexander Fleming Scholar Program. The application deadline is Feb. 1. High school seniors, as well as college freshmen, sophomores and juniors, are eligible to apply for the scholarships. Students selected as Fleming Scholars will work side-by-side in a laboratory with a senior-level […]
OMRF seeking scholarship applicants
OMRF to host lupus lecture in Spanish
As growing numbers of Latino Oklahomans find themselves facing a lifetime with lupus, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is offering a free Spanish-language seminar to discuss the disease, dangers and treatments. The Spanish-language lecture will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Crossroads Mall. OMRF rheumatologist and research scientist Juan-Manuel Anaya, M.D., will discuss the […]
A Lethal Exchange: OMRF researchers uncover clue in spread of “superbugs”
OMRF researchers uncover clue in spread of “superbugs”
Oklahomans meet scientists whose work saved their lives
There was something special about the meeting of scientists Drs. Peter Sims and Therese Wiedmer and Oklahomans Greg Watkins and Sandy Roark at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation on Thursday. It wasn’t the broad smiles, the handshakes or the conversation – it’s that the meeting almost never happened. Greg Watkins and Sandy Roark have the […]
Inaugural Putnam City Cancer Classic to raise money for research at OMRF
For 33 years, the students, parents and teachers of the Putnam City School District have made cancer Public Enemy No. 1. If there’s a way to raise money, Putnam City has done it; from carnivals to bake sales to door-to-door fund drives. This year, the schools have added another weapon to the arsenal—a 5-kilometer run/walk. […]
Survivor Story: Sandy Roark
Sandy Roark was suffering from a rare, life-threatening disease. A pair of OMRF scientists bent on solving a medical mystery. Sometimes hope is closer than you think.
