New York, NY. Sept. 17 — The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Career Development and Postdoctoral Awards to Promote Diversity in Lupus Research. Launched in 2021, the Diversity in Lupus Research (DLR) Awards aim to foster the development and productivity of exceptional early-career and postdoctoral scientists from […] READ MORE
SUMMIT, N.J., June 24, 2024 – The Lupus Research Alliance is proud to partner with former Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets player, Super Bowl Champion, and current FoxSport1 co-host Willie Colon on the 10th Annual Willie Colon Golf Outing crafted by Tito’s Handmade Vodka. The sold-out outing raised $450,000 in honor of Mr. Colon’s late […] READ MORE
San Francisco, CA- June 20. The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) announced the recipients of the 2024 Lupus Insight Prize to Marko Radic, Ph.D., The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Georg Schett, M.D., Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, for their groundbreaking discoveries in utilizing CAR T cell therapy to potentially revolutionize lupus treatment. Drs. Radic and Schett […] READ MORE
New York, NY, May 23. The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to announce that nine international researchers are the recipients of this year’s Lupus Innovation Award (LIA). They will conduct innovative research to uncover the underlying mechanisms and identify novel targets and pathways that could be harnessed to predict, monitor, and treat lupus, a […] READ MORE
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY. May 1, 2024. Today, nearly 1,500 supporters plan to help tackle lupus at MetLife Stadium for the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) 2024 New Jersey Walk with Us to Cure Lupus. Together, the passionate group of people with lupus and their friends and family expect to raise nearly $500,000 for lupus research […] READ MORE
BETHESDA, MD – [April 16] The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), founder and administrator of the Lupus Accelerating Breakthroughs Consortium (Lupus ABC), announced today at the Consortium’s first anniversary meeting an expanded partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the inclusion of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). The addition of […] READ MORE
March 23, 2024 The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) mourns the loss of Richard K. DeScherer, the LRA’s Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Board of Directors and Director Emeritus of Bloomberg L.P. The LRA extends our deepest condolences to his wife Jennie DeScherer along with their children — Kate DeSantis, Christopher DeScherer and his wife Amanda […] READ MORE
New York, NY, February 28. The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is pleased to announce the recent recipients of the Lupus Mechanisms and Targets Award (LMTA), whose research will investigate molecular pathways or targets that will lead to new or improved therapies for individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The LMTA provides investigators up to $600,000 […] READ MORE
Research Published in Nature Communications and Funded in Part by the Lupus Research Alliance Could Correct a Defect in Lupus NEW YORK, NY. February 6. Research featured in Nature Communications highlights a novel approach that re-engineers a person’s own immune cells to suppress the overactive immune system that occurs in lupus nephritis, a serious and potentially […] READ MORE
Research Will Explore How Ancient Viral Remnants in Our DNA Trigger Lupus NEW YORK, NY – January 30. The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is pleased to grant the 2023 Dr. William E. Paul Distinguished Innovator Award (DIA) to Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Iwasaki will investigate […] READ MORE
New York, NY. November 21, 2023 – This year’s Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) Breaking Through Gala raised $2 million for lupus research and brought the hope of tremendous progress that’s improving lupus treatment while driving to a cure. The annual celebration began with a powerhouse performance and moving tribute to lupus warriors by multi-talented pianist, […] READ MORE
This information is brought to you by the Lupus Research Alliance and Lupus Therapeutics and is not sponsored by, nor a part of, the American College of Rheumatology. 30+ presentations of studies funded by the LRA spanning a broad spectrum of research areas Positive results from Phase 2/3 clinical studies supported by LRA affiliate Lupus Therapeutics point to […] READ MORE
