Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF)
Stephen M. Prescott , M. D.
President
825 N.E. 13th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: 405/271-6673
FAX: 405/271-7199
www.omrf.org

• Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is a private, non-profit biomedical research institute.
  
• OMRF attracts dollars to Oklahoma each time a National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other grant is awarded or contribution is received.
  
• OMRF employs more than 400 highly trained individuals and provides a working environment for 125 additional research personnel employed by other institutions at the Oklahoma Health Center.
  
• Out of 150 institutions, OMRF ranks third in inventions per 100 faculty. Only Cal Tech and St. Elizabeth’s in Boston were rated higher than OMRF.
  
• OMRF’s mission in biomedical research is a valued resource to the growing biotechnology industry throughout the U. S. and especially to Oklahoma’s economy.
  
• OMRF’s scientists focus on basic research that leads to prevention, intervention and early diagnosis of disease and contributes to ever-increasing the control of soaring health care costs.
  
• OMRF’s researchers are world renowned experts on several critical research areas:
  Arthritis & Immunology (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma)
  Cardiovascular Biology (heart attack, blood diseases, stroke, septic shock)
  Children’s Diseases (cancer, leukemia, genetic disorders, cystic fibrosis)
  Clinical Pharmacology (FDA trials for hypertension, cholesterol, asthma, lupus)
  Developmental Biology (genetic diseases, Down Syndrome, obesity)
  Free Radical Biology & Aging (Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, stroke)
  Immunobiology & Cancer (leukemia, Hodgkin’s Disease, lymphoma, osteoporosis, breast cancer)
  Molecular & Cell Biology (ALS, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, new antibiotics)
  Molecular Immunogenetics (AIDS, diabetes, immune system disorders)
  Protein Studies (Alzheimer’s Disease, HIV, ulcers).