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03 March 2026 21:56

For OMRF scientist Dr. Wan Hee Yoon, Rare Disease Day carries more significance than usual. It comes the same week that The American Journal of Human Genetics published his lab team’s discovery of an ultra-rare neurological disease. 🧬 Read more: omrf.org/2026/02/27/r...

Helen Collins

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21 January 2026 03:37

Congratulations to Iona Palmer, Dean’s Research Scholar in my laboratory, for receiving a Travel Award from the American Physician Scientist Association to present work on the impact of sleep and sleep disruption on maternal cardiovascular health at the AAP/ASCI/APSA joint meeting in April.

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20 January 2026 19:40

Congrats to all our PIs who received grants in 2025! After the year of uncertainty for funding research, these are all big wins for our scientists! 👏🧬🏆

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27 October 2025 19:22

In this study, Dr. Maria Narozna, a postdoctoral researcher in Gorbsky’s lab, found a surprising origin to a genetic disorder called trisomy 12, which occurs when there’s an extra copy of the 12th chromosome. Read more: omrf.org/2025/10/16/o...

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27 October 2025 19:22

Last year, we shared Kelsey D'Emilio's story and how OMRF helped her reclaim her life from multiple sclerosis. Because of the care she received at OMRF, she was able to add a beautiful daughter to her family.