Ten dollars here. Fifty dollars there. Since the mid-1980s, Byron and Kathy Strawn had supported the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Their gifts came regularly, and over the years they added up to $330. Still, those modest donations offered little clue as to the generosity the Norman couple would show to OMRF upon their deaths. Mrs. […]
Couple leaves $700,000 for Alzheimer’s research at OMRF
A swashbuckling dream comes true at OMRF for Altus teen
It was just supposed to be a routine doctor’s appointment. But Kalyn Huey was suspicious. “I knew something was up because my mom kept telling me to dress up,” said Huey, 18, of Altus. Tuesday morning, in the middle of her regular appointment with Joan Merrill, M.D., of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Huey’s suspicions […]
$750,000 grant to biopharmaceutical company will fund work of OMRF scientists
Encore Pharmaceuticals Inc., a California-based biotechnology company, has received a $750,000 Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Institute on Aging. The grant award will support continued collaborative research and development in the field of neuroinflammation between EncorePharma researchers and Drs. Kenneth Hensley and Robert Floyd, scientists at the Oklahoma Medical […]
$750,000 grant to biopharmaceutical company will fund work of OMRF scientists
Encore Pharmaceuticals Inc., a California-based biotechnology company, has received a $750,000 Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Institute on Aging. The grant award will support continued collaborative research and development in the field of neuroinflammation between EncorePharma researchers and Drs. Kenneth Hensley and Robert Floyd, scientists at the Oklahoma Medical […]
ONEOK donates $50,000 to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
ONEOK, Inc., has awarded $50,000 grant to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, the two organizations announced today. The gift from the Tulsa-based energy company will be used to fund research on Alzheimer’s disease. “We are very pleased to partner with ONEOK in the battle against a terrible disease that affects more than 4 million older […]
How I spent my summer vacation-part two
When summer comes, many teachers seek out a poolside lounge, a good paperback or one of many other relaxing diversions to help them recover from the grueling school year. But for one Newkirk educator, the end of the school year signals the beginning of her second job: serving as guidance counselor, den mother and drill […]
