Lupus Research Alliance

May is Lupus Awareness Month. We celebrate the strength, passion and optimism that marks people with lupus and those who love them.

What Is Lupus?

Facts, symptoms and key questions

Diagnosis and Treatment

Tests, therapies and clinical trials

Research and Clinical Trials

For lupus scientists and treatment professionals

Your Community

A place to ﬁnd comfort and understanding

Why us?

Our funding is leading to key discoveries that are improving diagnosis and therapies, while enabling researchers to find the way toward prevention and ultimately a cure for lupus.

100% of funds

go to support
research programs

100% of funds

236 Grants

fostering scientific
breakthroughs

236 Grants

$173 million

in support of
novel research

$173 million

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We’re building a strong and vibrant community for people living with lupus and their friends and family. Join us!

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Having Lupus has really shown me how strong I am

**WATCH**
Marla Philpot's
LUPUS STORY

I knew that I wasn't going to make lupus my whole life

**WATCH**
Genevieve Alvarez's
LUPUS STORY

You need belief in order to hold on to hope

**WATCH**
Cheryl Ward's
LUPUS STORY

Meredith is unstoppable

**WATCH**
Meredith Salazar's
LUPUS STORY

News and Events

2018 Handbag Luncheon Honors PUMA for Selena Gomez Lupus Campaign

2018 Handbag Luncheon Honors PUMA for Selena Gomez Lupus Campaign NEW YORK, NY – May 22, 2018. The 9th...

Our Advocacy Success: First Awardees Announced for Department of Defense Lupus Research Program

Our Advocacy Success: First Awardees Announced for Department of Defense Lupus Research Program May 17, 2018...

Kudos to Board Member Nadeem Meghi

Kudos to Board Member Nadeem Meghi May 9, 2018 Congratulations to Lupus Research Alliance Board member Nadeem Meghji for...