Each week, OMRF Vice President of Research Dr. Rod McEver opens “Adam’s Journal” to answer a medical question from Adam Cohen, OMRF’s senior vice president & general counsel and interim president. Adam’s Journal As I’ve grown older (I’m 53), I’ve noticed that I seem to be sleeping less. In particular, I tend to wake in […]
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Getting to the heart of women’s health
As part of National Women’s Health Week, experts at OMRF are getting to the heart of the matter: cardiovascular disease.
2020 Annual Report: From Bedside to Bench
First a physician, Dr. Lijun Xia has become a research star As a young physician in China, Dr. Lijun Xia treated people with life-threatening blood diseases. But few medications existed to help the people he cared for, and over time, the hematologist grew frustrated. “I wanted to do better for my patients, to give them […]
OMRF awarded $13.1 million federal grant for metabolism research
The funding will establish the Center for Cellular Metabolism Research in Oklahoma and supports five junior researchers.
Oklahoma foundation helps develop drug to treat sickle cell disease
Researchers at OMRF helped develop a drug that brings relief to patients with sickle cell disease.
OMRF drug ‘a blessing’ for sickle cell patient
Adakveo, a drug based on the discoveries of OMRF VP of Research Rodger McEver, is relieving pain for Danielle Jamison and others with sickle cell around the world.
