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Are you or someone you know looking for a career opportunity in medical research? 🧬🔬

OMRF is hosting a virtual career fair and summer scholar info session tomorrow, Oct. 9 from noon to 1 p.m.!

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OMRF Careers and Summer Scholar Info Session
Join us to hear about the exciting work happening at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and how you can take part! Learn about our summer inte...
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The 241 fun continued yesterday at Gaillardia Golf & Country Club for the event's golf tournament! ⛳🏌️

Thanks again to all our event sponsors who made it a record-breaking year with nearly $870,000 raised for medical research!
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241's Music, Food & Wine Festival with Three Dog Night was a blast yesterday! 🎶🍷🌻

Thanks to all our event sponsors, the event raised nearly $870,000 for biomedical research – the most in this event's history!

This year's 241 event continued today with a golf tournament. ⛳
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Sneak peak to our largest fundraising event of the year happening this weekend!🌻🎸🍷 241 is a private, two-day event benefiting medical research in Oklahoma.

Thank you to our committee members and sponsors who make this event possible! 👏
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OMRF's 2026 summer scholar applications are NOW OPEN through Feb. 1! Know a science superstar who'd be a great fit for one of our summer programs? ⭐🧬
Send this to them and learn more on our website! omrf.org/about-omrf/t...
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September is Alzheimer's Awareness Month! 🧠
OMRF's Dr. Heather Rice from our Aging & Metabolism Research Program joined an OETA roundtable to discuss the disease with other experts in the field.

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Oklahoma Experts Share Insights on Alzheimer’s Awareness
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❓ Have a question for Dr. James? Send it to [email protected] or comment below, and yours could be featured in the next edition of Findings!
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In our latest edition of Findings, Adam Cohen, our ever-curious Findings editor asked Dr. James a question about cancer therapies and lupus.

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The new findings by Drs. Courtney Griffin and Eric Ma hold the potential for developing drugs to prevent or treat diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), both of which damage the retina and can lead to blindness.

Read more: omrf.org/2025/09/25/o...
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Herman Meinders and the Meinders Foundation have combined for an $8 million donation to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The gift aims to transform neurodegenerative disease research in Oklahoma.

Read more: omrf.org/2025/09/23/8...
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OMRF's Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Adam Cohen, presented Congressman Tom Cole with the Association of Independent Research Institutes' 2025 Public Service Award for his dedication and support of biomedical research.

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Tom Cole receives AIRI's 2025 Public Service Award
YouTube video by Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
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An ongoing study found that certain chemicals associated with fighting fires cause changes in tiny molecules that help control how cells work. These changes result from exposure to hydrocarbons that form as things burn, scientists found. 🔥

🧑‍🚒 Read more: omrf.org/2025/09/17/o...
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We celebrated our postdocs with coffee, treats and new OMRF swag for #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek! 🥳🧬

Your dedication to research is what helps make discoveries happen! Thank you for all you do!

#NPAW25
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Celebrating 40 years of the Presbyterian Health Foundation! 🥳

PHF has contributed $20 million in research grants to OMRF over the past decade. Since its inception in 1985, PHF has invested $225 million in biomedical research, discovery, and health initiatives in Oklahoma.
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❓Send your health queries to [email protected] and your question may be answered in a future column!

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OMRF visited the Oklahoma City Kiwanis Club to share our mission, answer some medical questions and more!

Each week, OMRF Physician-Scientist Dr. Hal Scofield opens “Adam’s Journal” to answer a medical question from OMRF Senior Vice President & General Counsel Adam Cohen.
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🏛️ A group of our leadership visited Washington, D.C., last week for the annual gathering of the Association of Independent Research Institutes.

If advancing health is important to you, please ask your legislators to support research and the NIH.
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We were saddened to learn that one of OMRF’s oldest friends and supporters, Dr. Earl Mabry, passed away at the age of 105.

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

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The 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.

Read more: omrf.org/2025/09/10/o...
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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! ✨👀
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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: omrf.org/about-omrf/o...
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OMRF scientist Dr. Pengchun Yu led experiments aimed at better understanding a disorder called lymphedema. After a scientific journal published Yu’s findings, a family member began a battle with the condition.

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Great to have @americanaging.bsky.social chair & @omrf.bsky.social Prof Benjamin Miller speaking on Metformin/exercise interactions data from in vivo and human studies, some intriguing data!

#BSRA2025
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U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice hosted the director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for a tour Friday of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.

Read more: omrf.org/2025/08/30/n...