Celebrate Black History Month! What better time to recognize the contribution of someone who is working to help the lupus community, and particularly concerned with overcoming disparities in care most striking among African Americans. As a 2017 Novel Research Grant recipient, Andrea Knight, MD, MSCE of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is leading a clinical study […] READ MORE
Jan. 25, 2018 Source: Press release, Exagen Diagnostics GSK and Exagen Diagnostics announced their collaboration that aims to make it easier for doctors to diagnose lupus. “GSK will raise awareness of Exagen’s AVISE diagnostic and monitoring tests, which have been shown to help diagnose and monitor SLE, to a select group of healthcare professionals.” READ MORE
Jan. 25, 2018 To honor her late aunt’s memory, Lady Gaga gave a sneak peak of a new song “Joanne” from her Grammy-nominated album of the same name. The song celebrates her aunt Joanne Stefani Germanotta, who died of lupus at just 19. Lady Gaga announced that a donation is being made to the Lupus […] READ MORE
Jan. 10, 2018 Lupus Research Alliance Announces New Grants for Translational Research Seven Outstanding Investigators Chosen for Prestigious Lupus Research Grants The Lupus Research Alliance is proud to announce the recipients of its Target Identification in Lupus (TIL) grants designed to move research discoveries quickly from the laboratory to the patient’s bedside. Seven outstanding scientists […] READ MORE
4th Annual Rally Against Lupus Serves Lupus Research Lupus Research Alliance Board member Nadeem Meghji, with event Co-Chair Donald Provost and committee members Shannon Ching, Rachel Doyon, Andrea Drasites, and David O’Neill — again created a fun and interactive ping pong fundraising event at SPiN New York. Rally Against […] READ MORE
The Lupus Research Alliance and the National Minority Quality Forum Announce Lupus Multi-Cultural Engagement Partnership NEW YORK, December 19, 2017 — The Lupus Research Alliance and the National Minority Quality Forum launched the Lupus Multi-Cultural Engagement Partnership at the recent inaugural meeting in New York City which was attended by 30 national experts and key […] READ MORE
Consumer Reports Rates Lupus Research Alliance Among Top Five Health Charities Dec. 11, 2017. Lupus Research Alliance was recommended by Consumer Reports as one of the best five health organizations to donate to in 2017. For 80 years, Consumer Reports has provided “evidence-based product testing and ratings, rigorous research, hard-hitting investigative journalism, public education, and […] READ MORE
Nov. 28, 2017. Thanks to you, the Lupus Research Alliance continues to make game-changing gains in advancing the basic understanding of lupus … while giving hope to millions of people that a potential cure is within reach. We Invested in Innovative Research The Lupus Research Alliance gave 19 scientists the means to bring their ideas […] READ MORE
Nov. 21, 2017. On Sunday night, after delivering a performance at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Selena Gomez hopped on a red-eye to New York in advance of Monday’s Lupus Research Alliance’s Breaking Through Lupus Gala—an event for which she also served as honorary gala cochair. “I love what I do, but at […] READ MORE
Lupus Research Alliance Welcomes Steve Burke, Selena Gomez, Seth Meyers and Kelli O’Hara to Breaking through Lupus Gala Raises Over $3.2 Million for Lupus Research November 21, 2017 – New York, NY – The Lupus Research Alliance celebrated the 2017 Breaking through Lupus Gala to shed a spotlight on breakthroughs from the previous years, and […] READ MORE
