Stories & News

LRA Proudly Congratulates Dr. Lindsey Criswell on NIAMS Appointment

August 13, 2020 The Lupus Research Alliance is proud to congratulate one of our funded researchers, Lindsey A. Criswell, MD,...

NIH Leader and LRA Board Member Key Author on Promising COVID-19 Vaccine

August 13, 2020 The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is encouraged by a promising animal study in the New England Journal...

Lupus Research Alliance Sets Bold New Strategic Plan for Research to Accelerate Innovative Research and Treatment Breakthroughs

August 13, 2020

Updated July 15, 2021 The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) today announced a bold Strategic Plan for Research (Strategic Plan) that...

New LRA-Funded Study: Lupus Flares are Linked to E-Coli Bacteria Levels

August, 2020 A new study led by Dr. Roberto Caricchio, Dr. Stefania Gallucci and Dr. Cagla Tukel, funded by the...

A Potential Test to Monitor Lupus Disease Severity Supported by LRA Grant

August 6, 2020 Christian Lood, PhD, at the University of Washington, has developed a new method to assess lupus disease...

House Approves $10 Million for Lupus Research Funding!

July 31, 2020 In early July we alerted you that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Defense Appropriations Bill was publicly...

2018 LRA Lupus Insight Prize Recipient Receives $15 M Grant from NIH to Study Lupus Effects on the Brain

July 27, 2020 The Lupus Research Alliance congratulates 2018 Lupus Insight Prize recipient Betty Diamond, MD and the Feinstein Institutes...

Lupus Research News

New Data Showed Safety and Effectiveness of Benlysta for Kids

July 27, 2020 A new international study published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases showed that belimumab (Benlysta) was safe...

Join Lupus Research 2020 Virtual Fundraising Event

We can’t imagine November without all of you, so we reimagined our annual gala celebration—online. Using the very latest technology,...

Help Kick Off the ManyOne Can. Walk with Us to Cure Lupus

July 30, 2020 Click here to view the replay of our recent Kickoff to the 2020 ManyOne Can Walk with...

Advocating for Others with Lupus And Raising Critical Funds for Research

Enthusiastic ... charming ... exuberant-these are qualities Lauren Maley has in spades-so much so that you might not easily...

Being Smart About Research

When it comes to solving the mysteries of lupus, we must explore all potential avenues of discovery—including the brain. This...