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01/15/2026

We are sad to report the passing of OMRF Director Brooks “Boots” Hall, Jr.

Boots served as Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President of Hall Capital. He joined OMRF’s Associate Board in 1987 and became an OMRF Director in 1994. For the next three decades, he served OMRF in many capacities, including as a member of the Philanthropy, Finance & Audit, Technology Ventures and Executive Committees. He also supported OMRF, both personally and through the Fred Jones Family Foundation, which most recently funded the renovation of OMRF’s courtyard with a Mary Eddy Signature gift.

01/14/2026

Parenting and running a research lab, says OMRF scientist Dr. Sarah Ocañas, means “always sacrificing on both sides.”

👩‍🍼 🧬 Read more in the latest edition of Findings: https://omrf.org/about-omrf/omrf-publications-videos/omrf-findings/?shpath=/in-this-issue/mom-genes

01/09/2026

From the latest edition of Findings magazine, OMRF scientist Dr. Graham Wiley traveled to the mountains of Costa Rica to unlock the genetic secrets of the resplendent quetzal. 🔎 🦜

Read more: https://omrf.org/about-omrf/omrf-publications-videos/omrf-findings/?shpath=/in-this-issue/rare-bird

01/08/2026

An OMRF scientist has received a two-year National Institutes of Health grant to explore the root cause of debilitating infections that can follow joint replacement surgery. 🦵

Read more: https://omrf.org/2026/01/05/grant-will-fund-omrf-research-on-artificial-joint-infections/

01/07/2026

If you're 60+ and one of your New Year's resolutions is to get more active, check out OMRF's exercise study! 🏃🏋️‍♀️

If you’re planning to hit the gym more in 2026, why not work out with a personal trainer and scientist? Researchers at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation are working to determine why so…

01/06/2026

With the four-year federal grant, OMRF scientist Dr. Swapan Nath hopes to identify DNA errors that disrupt a routine biological clean-up process called autophagy.

Read more: https://omrf.org/2026/01/02/omrf-receives-3-4-million-to-explore-genetic-links-to-lupus/

01/02/2026

If your New Year’s resolutions include exercising more, an OMRF scientist has three words of advice: "Give yourself grace."

🏃🚴‍♀️🏋️‍♀️ Read more: https://omrf.org/2025/12/26/resolving-to-get-active-practice-some-self-compassion/

01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🥳⭐

Thank you to everyone who chose to support OMRF in 2025. Here's to another year of research, discoveries and changing lives! 🧬

12/31/2025

You have until MIDNIGHT tonight to double your impact with a gift to OMRF! Thanks to a $300,000 match challenge, all donations double until the end of the year.

🩵 Give now! https://omrf.org/?form=FUNXXVDZSTH&utm_source=SM&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=YearEndCampaign2025&utm_content=12-31

12/31/2025

Stillwater High School designated OMRF as its beneficiary of Pink Out Week proceeds in 2011. Students have since raised nearly $145,000, including $15,000 this year.

🩷 Read more: https://omrf.org/2025/12/22/stillwater-students-raise-15000-for-omrf-cancer-research/

12/30/2025

Know a student looking for an internship in research? 🔬🧬 OMRF's 2026 summer scholar applications are open through Feb. 1! ⭐

Winter break is the perfect time to work on applications! Share this with them to learn more + apply: https://omrf.org/about-omrf/training-outreach/summer-scholars/

12/27/2025

All donations to OMRF are MATCHED through Dec. 31! 🩵 Double your impact and give today: https://omrf.org/?form=FUNXXVDZSTH&utm_source=SM&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=YearEndCampaign2025&utm_content=12-26