OMRF Stories

Higher Powers:
How 1,100 nuns, priests and brothers are helping OMRF researchers unlock the secrets of Alzheimer's.

Cooties in the Lab:
Whither the White Lab Coat?

Going With the Flow:
Dr. Margaret Clarke, OMRF Microbiologist.

Research Tower:
OMRF unveils the greenprint for a historic campus expansion.

Meagan's Miracle:
An OMRF discovery saves a dying college student.

Lessons In Philanthropy:
Putnam City School students learn early that giving to OMRF’s cancer research efforts is a good thing.

Prayers Answered:
Two Oklahomans suffering from a rare, life-threatening disease.

The Giver:
Jim Chapman’s generosity helped make OMRF what it is today.

Cancer From Every Angle:
OMRF researchers seeking clues to a variety of cancers.

Next of Kin:
It doesn't matter if you're a banana, fruit fly or writer; DNA is inside all your cells. Join OMRF's Greg
Elwell as he peels back his own genetic skin

The Strange Case of Tom Little
The Strange Case of Tom Little

The Comeback Kid:
An OMRF Discovery helped bring Rayna Dubose back from death, then Rayna had to learn to live again

Mighty Mice
Mighty Mice

Predicting Disease:
Live, Long and Prosper

This Is My Brain on 3-Tesla MRI

Autism: A Personal Story
Bringing up Jeremy

OMRF People
Bon Appetit

A New Birthday

Hitting the Right Note: Bob Floyd

Running Man: Gary Gorbsky

Family Matters: Kathy Moser

The Gospel According to Luke (Szweda)

Autism, Our Story

The Survivor

It's In The Genes

Putnam City School students learn early that giving to OMRF’s cancer research efforts is a good thing. In Nathan Holliday, it instilled a timeless lesson: It’s better to give than to receive. Now 18 and about to graduate from Putnam City West High School, Holliday says that as chair of PC West’s Cancer Fund Drive, he’s learned lessons that he’ll carry with him throughout his life.

T-shirt sales, powder puff football, car washes, talent shows—we do whatever it takes to get students involved and pumped up. My freshman year we raised more than $40,000.

My grandpa died of cancer in 2001, and my dad had melanoma twice.

Everybody buys Cancer Fund Drive t-shirts. Even if you only have $5 in your pocket, giving it to the Cancer Fund Drive does something great.

The cancer drive started 30-some-odd years ago, but it’s still relevant today. So many people have been touched by cancer.

If we were just doing this for our school, it wouldn’t be as successful. This is for something that’s bigger than everybody.

We’ve raised nearly $3 million for OMRF because (Putnam City teacher) Lois Thomas cared about people back in the 1970s.

She proved that one person really can start a revolution.

The cancer drive has helped me be a better person and a better leader.

When scientists find a cure for cancer, we’ll know we’ve been a part of it.

Hear Nathan tell his story in his own words at OMRF Interactive.