OMRF

12/03/2025

OMRF's mission is to help people live longer, healthier lives through life-changing research. This , please support our scientists' research for cancer, autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's, cardiovascular disease and many more! 🧬

🩵 Donate to OMRF today: https://omrf.org/?form=FUNXXVDZSTH&utm_source=SM&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=YearEndCampaign2025&utm_content=12-2

12/02/2025

If eating fruit every day could reduce your arthritis symptoms, would you do that? OMRF physician-scientists are seeking volunteers who answer “yes” to that question. 🫐

The study needs 40 people with osteoarthritis and 40 with rheumatoid arthritis between the ages of 45 and 75 to participate in a study testing the effects of blueberries on their disease.

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OMRF seeks people with arthritis for blueberry study December 1, 2025 If eating fruit every day could reduce your arthritis symptoms, would you do that? The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is seeking volunteers who answer “yes” to that question. Physician-scientists Matlock Jeffries, M.D., ...

11/27/2025

If participants in America’s first Thanksgiving meal could time travel, they wouldn’t recognize what they’d find on our tables today. 🦃🥧

“Over time, we’ve shifted away from fresh foods with a short shelf life and longer prep time to ultra-processed foods high in sodium, fat and refined carbohydrates,” said physician-scientist Dr. Hal Scofield. “Our portion sizes have grown, too.”

🌽 Read more: https://omrf.org/2025/11/23/the-evolution-of-the-thanksgiving-meal-and-how-it-reflects-health-trends/

11/27/2025

Last week, our amazing Research Café staff hosted the annual Thanksgiving lunch for OMRF employees including all the fixins! 🥧🦃🥔 We are thankful for all our employees who help make discoveries that make a difference!

11/26/2025

This Thanksgiving, we are extra thankful for our donors who make discoveries at OMRF possible! 🔬 From cardiovascular disease to Alzheimer's and many other conditions that impact so many, OMRF scientists are working to understand, treat and prevent these diseases.

🩵 Give to OMRF today to help our scientists push forward research that changes and saves lives: https://omrf.org/?form=FUNXXVDZSTH&utm_source=SM&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=YearEndCampaign2025&utm_content=11-25

11/25/2025

The grant, coupled with philanthropic gifts, will create the TSET Institute for a Healthier Oklahoma at OMRF.

Read more: https://omrf.org/2025/11/21/tset-awards-omrf-9-9-million-to-target-chronic-health-conditions/

11/21/2025

At its biannual meeting this week, OMRF’s Board of Directors welcomed four new members and honored another.

Joining the Board are Anne Greenwood, Gay Kirby, LaRue Stoller and Craig Willis. We are very excited for what our new members will bring to the foundation!

Meet the new Board members: https://omrf.org/2025/11/19/omrf-board-greets-four-new-members-honors-another/

11/21/2025

OMRF's Dr. Mike Beckstead and his lab study how changes in dopamine may signal Alzheimer's long before symptoms appear. 🧠

Across OMRF, researchers in aging, cell biology, metabolism, genetics and more are building a more complete picture of Alzheimer's: how to predict it, diagnose it earlier, treat it more effectively and, ultimately, prevent it. Much of that progress is possible through generous donations.

By giving to OMRF, you're giving to help our researchers make discoveries that make a difference. 🩵 Learn more and give today: https://omrf.org/?form=FUNXXVDZSTH&utm_source=SM&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=YearEndCampaign2025&utm_content=11-20

11/19/2025

Today, OMRF scientists Drs. Benjamin Miller, Courtney Montgomery and Scott Plafker presented on a panel for the OKC Rotary's weekly lunch meeting. Today's topic: The science of healthy aging! 🧠💪🧬
The Rotary Club of Oklahoma City Club 29 has almost 600 members with prominent leaders in every field representing the business and civic leaders of the community and state. Thank you for having us!

11/14/2025

OMRF’s executive vice president and chief medical officer, Dr. Judith James, contributed to a Stanford University study that found the Epstein-Barr virus, or EBV, drives autoimmunity in people with lupus. The breakthrough was published Thursday in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

Read more: https://omrf.org/2025/11/13/new-research-strengthens-link-between-lupus-and-common-virus/

11/14/2025

OMRF scientists like Dr. Sarah Ocañas are studying Alzheimer's and other diseases in hopes to lead to novel treatments. Or, better yet, it could one day prevent Alzheimer’s or one of the many other diseases they are investigating.

OMRF research helps us hold on to what matters most. 🩵 Learn more and give to support our research at omrf.org/keith.

11/13/2025

Cellular deterioration in the brain begins long before someone with Alzheimer’s shows symptoms. OMRF scientist, Dr. Tommy Lewis, backed by a new National Institutes of Health grant, will explore whether this deterioration can be stopped. 🧠

Read more: https://omrf.org/2025/11/11/omrf-receives-2-6-million-to-study-early-effects-of-alzheimers/