In this year of Covid-19 vaccines, don’t forget about your annual flu shot.
James
Eureka Moments
The new millennium began with a bang at OMRF, as Dr. Jordan Tang, above, and his research team identified and cloned the enzyme believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease. Soon after, the OMRF scientists designed an inhibitor that stopped the enzyme in its tracks. The discoveries led to the development of an experimental drug acquired by […]
A Time of Growth
When Dr. William Thurman, above, took the helm of OMRF, he brought the lab coat he’d worn since his days training as a pediatric oncologist. That powder-blue garment, along with the bow ties he favored, would become synonymous with OMRF throughout the 1980s (and most of the 1990s). But his sartorial flourishes would prove the […]
Searching for answers with a third-dose trial
Who should get a third dose of Covid-19 vaccine?
2020 Annual Report: A Homecoming of Sorts
When Dr. Matlock Jeffries began his first day of work at OMRF in August, it may have been the smoothest transition in the foundation’s history. That Monday morning, he entered the same lab where he’d been studying osteoarthritis for the previous four years. Only now, he’d be doing it as a member of OMRF’s scientific […]
OMRF’s James named to the Association of American Physicians
The honor recognizes Dr. James for her excellence in the pursuit of medical knowledge and the advancement of clinical science in her 27 years as a physician-scientist.
