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know OMRF
1946
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation was born
1950
4,000+ Oklahomans attended the open house for OMRF’s new research facility
2011
OMRF dedicated a new research tower
TODAY
OMRF now employs 450+ staff members representing more than 30 countries
60+ Labs
working to understand and develop new treatments for disease
7,500+
donations last year
from all 77 counties
100%
of gifts go to research thanks to a private trust and other funding sources that pay administrative costs
22
OMRF has received Charity Navigator's
highest rating 22 times
and counting
3 FDA-approved drugs plus three diagnostic tests on the market and more in development
2,000 patents filed with OMRF technologies; current portfolio numbers more than 300 active patents
200+ active research grants including collaborations with Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, MD Anderson and Stanford
13 spin-off companies
More than a dozen industry collaborations with partners including Biogen, EMD Serono, Merck, Novartis, QBioMed and Oblato
6,000 patient visits last year
by people across Oklahoma and surrounding states for treatment in OMRF’s multiple sclerosis and rheumatology centers
50+ Active Clinical Trials
Multiple drugs OMRF patients helped test are now FDA-approved medications available everywhere
1 of 7
National Institutes of Health Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence
15+ years as a Native American Research Center of Health
partnering with two Oklahoma tribes to understand autoimmune disease in their members
75+
postdoctoral and graduate students train at OMRF each year
600+
Oklahoma high school and college students trained as Fleming Scholars since 1956
40+
Saxon Students from U.S. military academies since 2009
375+
Teen Leaders program alumni since 2013
12 consecutive years
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