Lupus Innovation Award (LIA)
2022 Funded Grants
Vascular pathophysiology in CNS SLE: The blood-CSF barrier
Mark William DiFrancesco, PhD
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Clinical applications of urine proteomics to lupus nephritis
Andrea Fava, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Noninvasive imaging of lupus nephritis disease activity
Eric Gale, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Targeting autoreactive B cells to prevent thrombosis and fetal loss in SLE
Maximilian Ferdinand Konig, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Turning sweet on autoimmunity: impact of glycans in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus pathogenesis and treatment
Salomé S. Pinho, PhD
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
Acquired immunologic genetic variation in lupus pathogenesis and heterogeneity
Ansuman Satpathy, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Targeting VISTA in lupus skin disease and photosensitivity
Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner, PhD
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
2021 Funded Grants
Identification of new genes that restrict TLR7 responses to self nucleic acids
Gregory Barton, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Targeting the proteoglycan switch for lupus therapy
Nunzio Bottini, MD, PhD
Cedars-Sinai
Role of novel metabolite-receptor pathway in protection from lupus
Jason Cyster, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Insights into lupus heterogeneity by single-cell profiling of B cell activation
Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Linking the microbiome and the B cell repertoire to lupus nephritis
Bart Lambrecht, MD, PhD
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research
Targeting pathogenic endothelial dysfunction in lupus nephritis
James Oates, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Targeted regulatory T cells (Tregs) to treat lupus nephritis
Joshua Ooi, PhD
Monash University
Mechanisms of SCARF1 in regulating SLE
Zaida Ramirez-Ortiz, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Beyond serology: Improving the prediction and treatment of lupus with single cell Omics
Joanne Reed, PhD
Westmead Institute
The role of polyamine catabolism in the development of lupus
Betty Tsao, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
Diversity of anti-NMDA receptor autoantibodies in lupus patients
Lonnie Wollmuth, PhD
Stony Brook University
2020 Funded Grants
Mechanisms of vascular injury and dysfunction in pediatric lupus
Joyce Chang, MD
Boston Children's Hospital
cGAMP as an immune transmitter of the interferon response
Keith B. Elkon, MD
University of Washington
Multiplexed single-cell imaging in pediatric lupus nephritis
Elena Wen-Yuan Hsieh, MD
University of Colorado
Targeting a novel population of innate-like CD8+ Treg in lupus
Vipin Kumar, PhD
The Regents of University of California, San Diego
Modeling cognitive impairment in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Zahi Touma, MD, PhD
University Health Network
2019 Funded Grants
Shining a light on the drivers of photosensitivity in systemic lupus
Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
2016 Funded Grants
Multi-level biomarkers for psychiatric disorders in pediatric lupus
Andrea Knight, MD, FRCPC
The Hospital for Sick Children
