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A Mistake That Paid Off

Checking the wrong box changed the future of OMRF’s newest rheumatologist.

New approach shows promise for arthritis relief

November 10, 2020

There are no approved treatments for osteoarthritis, which affects an estimated 50 million Americans.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: arthritis, Griffin, health, jeffries, matlock, new, news, newsok, oa, obesity, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, option, osteoarthritis, scientist-news, stanford, surgery, Timothy, treatment

OMRF looks to digestive system for origins of osteoarthritis

September 24, 2020

The NIH has awarded OMRF scientist Matlock Jeffries $874,000 to launch an innovative study of the origin and progression of OA.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: arthritis, funding, grant, jeffries, Judith James, matlock, news, newsok, NIH, oa, OKC, OMRF, osteoarthritis, paper, r01, research, risk, scientist-news

OMRF welcomes new rheumatologist

August 3, 2020

As a physician-scientist, Matlock Jeffries will maintain a lab focused on osteoarthritis and will see patients in the foundation’s Rheumatology Center of Excellence.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aci, arthritis, care, center, center of excellence, clinic, clinical, clinical immunology, epigenetics, jeffries, matlock, microbiome, oa, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, osteoarthritis, OUHSC, patient, rheumatologist, rheumatology, scientist-news

OMRF researchers receive $1.3 million in VA funding for aging research

October 9, 2019

Holly Van Remmen and Tim Griffin received VA funding to focus on a pair of diseases prevalent in aging veterans.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: age related, Griffin, Holly, merit review, muscle loss, oa, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, scientist-news, Timothy, VA, van remmen, veteran affairs, veterans

Scientists break new ground with old technique to find answers to arthritis

June 12, 2019

OMRF scientists Tim Griffin and Albert Batushansky are pushing the bounds of a decades-old scientific method to study the origins of osteoarthritis.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: albert batushansky, arthritis, cartilage, drug, gc-ms, Griffin, metabolism, newsok, novel, oa, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoman, OMRF, osteoarthritis, scientist-news, solutions, therapy, Tim Griffin, Timothy, timothy griffin, treatment

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