The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is accepting applications for its 2008 Sir Alexander Fleming summer scholarship program. The program lets students enhance their research skills by working alongside world-class scientists for eight weeks in OMRF’s state-of-the art laboratories. The application deadline is February 1. “The Fleming scholar program provides a phenomenal experience to young people […]
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OMRF wins grant to establish rheumatic disease center
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation $2.66 million to establish the Oklahoma Rheumatic Disease Research Cores Center. The grant, which will be awarded over a five-year period, will fund studies aimed at developing a better understanding of health problems characterized by pain in the muscles and joints. The project […]
OMRF scientist blazes new path for predicting disease
Growing up, Judith James rarely passed up an episode of Star Trek. From her living room in Pond Creek, the future M.D./Ph.D. sat transfixed as Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise boldly went where no man had gone before. For the future physician and medical researcher, the workings of the […]
Pedaling for a cure: Star Bike Ride to benefit MS research
For the past six years, DeeAnn Simpson has watched from the sidelines as bicyclists peddled in a charity ride for multiple sclerosis research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. This year, though, Simpson, the event’s organizer, also plans to hop on her own bike to join in the fight against MS. “My sons and I […]
OMRF names 52nd class of Fleming Scholars
Their peers may spend much of June, July and August sleeping late and lounging by the pool, But for a dozen of Oklahoma’s most talented high school and college science students, summer will mean donning lab coats and safety goggles in laboratories at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. OMRF today announced its 2007 class of […]
OMRF research cited in Scientific American
The cover story in the current issue of Scientific American highlights a research study led by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The article, “Predicting Disease,” cites a study about predicting lupus and autoimmune diseases led by OMRF’s Judith James, M.D., Ph.D., and John Harley, M.D., Ph.D. The Scientific American article focuses on the […]
