OMRF

09/17/2025

Watch more on News 9 about how OMRF scientist Dr. Rafal Donczew uses a common kitchen ingredient to better understand cancer.

Grant of $2.3M bolsters OMRF's cancer research in Oklahoma City. Dr. Rafal Donczew and team study DNA 'traffic signals' linked to cancer.

09/16/2025

OMRF sighting at Capitol Hill! 🏛️ A group of our leadership visited Washington, D.C., last week for the annual gathering of the Association of Independent Research Institutes. OMRF’s Senior Vice President & General Counsel Adam Cohen also serves as AIRI’s president-elect.

The team visited with officials to advocate for medical investigation and the National Institutes of Health.
But we need your help, too! ❗If advancing health is important to you, please ask your legislators to support research and the NIH.
Visit omrf.org/Advocacy for more information.

09/12/2025

We were saddened to learn that one of OMRF’s oldest friends and supporters, Dr. Earl Mabry, passed away yesterday at the age of 105.

Dr. Mabry played clarinet in a band of dentists and physicians that donated its proceeds to OMRF in the foundation’s fledgling years.

He served as a military dentist and on the heels of WWII established a dental practice in Enid that carries on today, now led by his son.

OMRF President Dr. Andy Weyrich had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Mabry and his son in 2024. Read about this special person and his unique connection to OMRF: https://omrf.org/2024/01/14/road-music-77-for-77-is-a-perfect-harmony-of-friends-new-and-old/

09/10/2025

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the OMRF a four-year grant aimed at helping more easily diagnose and predict the progression of sarcoidosis, a disease of the immune system.

With the $3 million grant, Dr. Courtney Montgomery also hopes to better understand the disorder’s genetic drivers.

Read more: https://omrf.org/2025/09/10/omrf-receives-3-million-to-improve-diagnosis-of-immune-system-disease/

09/10/2025

Our Teen Leaders spent their first session getting to know OMRF through a scavenger hunt around campus and other team-building activities. It's going to be a fun year! ✨👀

09/05/2025

For OMRF immunologist Dr. Linda Thompson, Thundermania is one disease she doesn't want to find a cure for.

🏀 Read more about OMRF's superfan: https://omrf.org/about-omrf/omrf-publications-videos/omrf-findings/?shpath=/in-this-issue/superfan

09/04/2025

For five years, OMRF scientist Dr. Pengchun Yu led experiments aimed at better understanding a disorder called lymphedema. Days after a scientific journal published Yu’s findings, a family member began her own battle with the condition, and suddenly his studies took on extra significance.

Read more: https://omrf.org/2025/09/04/omrf-scientists-research-turns-personal-after-relatives-illness/

09/02/2025

U.S. Representative Stephanie Bice hosted the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for a tour Friday of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.

Bhattacharya met with scientists researching a wide range of chronic health conditions, from age-related muscle loss to arthritis and autoimmune diseases. He also toured labs and scientific facilities, including OMRF’s new Center for Biomedical Data Sciences.

Read more: https://omrf.org/2025/08/30/nih-director-visits-omrf/

08/28/2025

TBT to Aug. 28, 1956 when OMRF's charter document was signed, making us official! Happy birthday to us! 🎂🥳

08/26/2025

OMRF's exercise study gave staff writer and media relations manager, Tony, the opportunity to not only help with the Aging & Metabolism Program's research, but also make a positive lifestyle change.

🏋️ Read more from the latest edition of Findings magazine: https://omrf.org/about-omrf/omrf-publications-videos/omrf-findings/?shpath=/in-this-issue/the-tony-project

08/25/2025

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a five-year grant for studies aimed at better understanding DNA’s so-called “traffic signals.”

🚦Read more about what OMRF's Dr. Rafal Donzcew hopes to accomplish with this grant: https://omrf.org/2025/08/25/omrf-receives-grant-to-study-dna-processes-crucial-to-cancer-other-diseases/

08/20/2025

Can America's – and OMRF's – biomedical research system continue to thrive in the face of new federal funding challenges?

🔪 Read more about how research is on the chopping block in the latest edition of Findings: https://omrf.org/about-omrf/omrf-publications-videos/omrf-findings/?shpath=/in-this-issue/research-on-the-chopping-block