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Successful Advocacy Bringing Millions in Research Dollars to Lupus

June 28, 2018 With an overwhelming majority vote of 359 to 49, the House of Representatives just passed a bill to allocate $5 million to the Defense Department’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for lupus in the 2019 budget. This federal support of lupus research is a result of advocacy by lupus patients, organizations like […] Read More

LRA Supports Establishment of an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

November 1, 2021 The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) responded to a request from U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette and Fred Upton to share input on issues related to the proposed establishment of a new agency, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Our letter emphasizes that while we recognize the value of research that is not targeted […] Read More

LRA Submits Comments to NIH to Include Lupus in upcoming Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women Conference

November 1, 2021 The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) responded to a Request for Information from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and the Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health (ACRWH) as they prepared for an October 2021 conference on advancing women’s health research. Our letter focused on […] Read More