Advocacy: Forging Critical Public-Private Partnership
Thanks to the relentless and coordinated outreach to members of Congress by advocates from the Lupus Research Alliance community...
Advocacy News
Advocacy Update: Making Your Voices Heard!
Federal funding for lupus research is one of the most important ways to advance new treatments – and one...
Advocacy Update: 2025 Continuing Resolution Approved
Thank you to all advocates who reached out to your congressional office to express your support for continued lupus...
U.S. House of Representatives Passed Bill with $10 million for the Lupus Research Program
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations bill. This bill includes $10...
Congress Passes Budget With $10M for Lupus Research Program
Congress and passed and President Biden signed the 2024 spending bills, which include priorities that you, our advocates requested...
DoD’s Lupus Research Program – Created Through LRA Advocacy Leadership – Announces 12 New Grant Recipients
February 28, 2023
The Lupus Research Program (LRP) within the Department of Defense that you, our community, advocated to create,...
LRA Joins NIAMS Coalition in Supporting Congressional Act Promoting Clinical Trial Diversity
The Lupus Research Alliance and Lupus Therapeutics support diversity in clinical trials to ensure that populations that test potential...
2022 LRA Advocacy a Success for Lupus Research
January 6, 2023
With the help of our advocates throughout the year, 2022 was a year of great action and...
Make a Difference for Lupus Research in 60 Seconds!
November 10, 2022
As you probably know, the LRA and our advocates were highly instrumental in creating the Department of...
You Spoke and Congress Acted
March 15, 2022
Each year, Congress must allocate funds for the following year’s budget, and every year, we lead the...
Join the LRA by April 22: Urge Congress to Support Funding Lupus Research Program
April 11, 2022
Please join the Lupus Research Alliance in asking your legislator in the U.S. House of Representatives to...
Lupus Research Program – Establishment Driven by LRA Advocacy – Announces 12 New Grant Recipients
March 21, 2022
Twelve new applications for promising scientific studies were just recommended for funding by the Lupus Research Program...