Jillian Cox

@OUNeuroscience PhD Candidate & @OMRF Affiliate in the lab of @OcanasSR

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

Honored to share that I received a travel award to the 2026 @americanaging Meeting to give a podium talk. This conference was again a wonderful place to network & learn the latest in the field! Grateful to @OcanasSR for supporting these experiences & shoutout to Ewa on her award!

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

I’m very honored to share that I received the 2026 O. Ray Kling Award for Outstanding Student Leadership at the OUHC Student Awards! Thank you to my mentor, Sarah Ocanas, for the guidance and support, and to the OU Health Campus Graduate College for this recognition!

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

I got to participate in @FASEBorg Capitol Hill Day as a Howard Garrison Advocacy Fellow (via @americanaging). I met with Oklahoma congressional offices to discuss how federal research funding directly impacts scientific progress. An honor to advocate for our state!#FASEBOnTheHill

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

It was an honor to participate in the 2026 Alzheimer’s Impact Movment (AIM) Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol. Thanks to the Alzheimer’s Association Oklahoma Chapter for inviting me to present! It was encouraging to meet with other advocates and legislators aligned with #EndAlz

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

Honored to have taken the 2025 Biology of Aging (BoA) Course at MBL. Truly a one-of-a-kind experience to learn, grow, and connect with exceptional scientists. The knowledge gained, memories made, and friendships formed, will stay with me always! THANK YOU BoA, @OMRF, & @OcanasSR!

[OMRF @OMRF]

Grad students Jeffrey Schoen, JinYoung Park and Jillian Cox are learning from Marine Biological Labs in Woods Hole! 🔬

Each of these students have received OMRF Career Development Grants allowing them to continue their education at specialized trainings like these!

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

Had an absolutely fantastic time at #AnchorAGE in Alaska! Deeply grateful for this opportunity to engage with excellent researchers and experience the beauty of Alaska as well. Thankful to have also received a poster award! Unforgettable trip indeed!

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

Had a grand time at the 50th Annual GREAT Symposium! Got to participate in the Flash Talk Finals. I am thankful to have received the Provost Award for Outstanding Research for my oral presentation. Shoutout to Justin & Sarai for their awards as well!

[OU Neuroscience @OUNeuroscience]

Jillian Cox, PhD Candidate for OUHSC Neuroscience, gave an amazing seminar presentation on "Sex specific alterations in microglial response to aging and amyloid pathology." Jillian is in the lab of Dr. Sarah Ocañas. Pictured: Dr. Ocañas and Jillian with her brother and mother.

[Zachary A. Smith, M.D. @zacharyasmithmd]

Great thanks from @OUNeuroscience to @bucklr01 of Mass General/Harvard for coming to okc to speak to our program!!
What a great and informative talk on dementia, risk factors, influence of gender &more. Fantastic science! @SunghwanJKo @OcanasSR @MyOnlyNeuron @JulieMHumphrey

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

Absolutely fantastic time here in Niagra Falls at the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Aging Conference! #CMMSRC lots of great science and great people! Big thank you to the organizers and to my mentor @OcanasSR for this great opportunity.

[Sarah Ocanas, PhD @OcanasSR]

Thank you to @geronsociety for selecting me as a Nathan Shock New Investigator Award co-recipient! Congrats also to co-recipient @CristalM_Hill! It is a huge honor!

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

A pleasure to present at #EMBOmicroglia24 and represent the @OcanasSR lab! The amount of fascinating and exciting data/discussions was inspirational! Special thanks to the organizers @rosa_paolicelli @SierraLabAch @FGinhoux for making the trip from Oklahoma, USA SO worthwhile!

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

Very honored and excited to attend the @EMBO workshop on #Microglia in health and disease in Genoa, Italy! I look forward to learning the latest research in this field and presenting data from the @OcanasSR lab!

[OMRF @OMRF]

Fleming Scholar applications are due Feb. 1! 📣

Read why 2023 Fleming Scholar and @utulsa's Andy Gamez-Rico found OMRF's summer internship rewarding even when experiments failed: https://t.co/phWhmp03F5

🥼🔬Learn more about our Fleming Scholar Program: https://t.co/CTVjsxNiUe

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

Received a special handmade ornament from the @alzassociation Oklahoma Chapter. A great reminder as we go through this Holiday season 💜 #ENDALZ

[Ken Humphries @Ken_Humphries]

Congrats to @harold_kylene for getting this excellent study completed prior to her F31 fellowship submission!🤞

Loss of cardiac PFKFB2 drives Metabolic, Functional, and Electrophysiological Remodeling in the Heart https://t.co/2dOcA5zAjP

[Kyla Tooley @KylaTooley]

Super excited to share my publication looking at DNA modifications, (methylation and hydroxymethylation) in different brain cell types! Big thanks to @OcanasSR @Walker314 and all other twitter-less authors from @FreemanLabOMRF
https://t.co/NUFUEfNn5Y

[Sarah Ocanas, PhD @OcanasSR]

As an #ALZFunded researcher, I’m proud to be part of the momentum being built to advance Alzheimer’s and dementia research. Join the movement at https://t.co/JXow7iUuit. #ENDALZ @alzoklahoma @SexAndGenderPIA

[Jillian Cox @JillianEJCox]

We had a great time today at the #Walk2EndAlz! Thank you to everyone who joined GSA-OK in participating in this big event! More photos to come 😊