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Category: Press Releases

LRA Awards 2025 Lupus Insight Prize to Dr. Deepak Rao for Uncovering Key Drivers of Immune Imbalance in Lupus

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) proudly awarded the 2025 Lupus Insight Prize today to highly respected immunologist Deepak Rao, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The Prize recognizes Dr. Rao’s pioneering and widely reported findings published in Nature, which reveal a previously unknown imbalance in key immune cells that contribute to […] Read More

Lupus Research Alliance Spearheads Groundbreaking Lupus Nexus Foundational Analyses to Accelerate Personalized Lupus Treatments and a Cure

New York, NY – May 20, 2025 – The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) today announced the launch of the Lupus Nexus Foundational Analyses, a major scientific initiative aimed at creating one of the most comprehensive and accessible lupus research datasets ever assembled. This effort will generate numerous molecular datasets using biospecimens collected through the Lupus […] Read More

The Rheumatology Research Foundation and the Lupus Research Alliance Join Forces to Offer Funding to Address Lupus

Amid ongoing fluctuations in federal research funding, a declining physician workforce, and increasing patient needs, the Rheumatology Research Foundation (Foundation) and the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) have partnered to create the Empowering Lupus Research Partnership (ELR) to support the discovery and development of next-generation lupus diagnostics and treatments. The ELR is a collaborative award program […] Read More

Lupus Research Alliance Grants Lupus Innovation Awards to Eleven Talented Researchers to Accelerate Pace of Discovery in Lupus Research

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s Lupus Innovation Award (LIA), addressing many critical themes in lupus research including novel therapeutic strategies, the impact of chronic inflammation, and the identification of biomarkers for improved diagnosis and monitoring. These prestigious grants provide investigators from around the world with up […] Read More

Lupus Research Alliance Grants Inaugural Awards to 11 Researchers Focused on Engineered Cell Therapies for Lupus

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to announce the inaugural recipients of the new Targeted Research Program on Engineered Cell Therapies for Lupus (TRP-ECT) to support the development and mechanistic understanding of safe and accessible next-generation engineered cell therapies for people with lupus. Engineered cell therapies, such as CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T […] Read More

2024 Lupus Research Alliance Gala Raises Millions to Improve Lives of People with Lupus

The 2024 Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) Breaking Through Gala raised nearly $3 million for lupus research, bringing the hope for a world free of lupus closer with every dollar.  Emceed by two-time Emmy Award-Winning host and bestselling author Tamron Hall, the evening included a commanding performance by GRAMMY® nominated genre-blending singer/songwriter and activist Halsey. In […] Read More

Lupus Therapeutics Announces a New, Groundbreaking Mechanism to Fund Clinical Studies Addressing the Impact of Diet, Nutrition, and Microbiome on Lupus  

 Lupus Therapeutics, the clinical affiliate of the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), today announced a pioneering funding mechanism to address one of the most common questions about lupus clinical care and management. The IDEAL (Investigate Dietary Approaches for Lupus) Initiative was established to fund pilot clinical studies assessing the impact of diet intervention on the lived experience […] Read More

Lupus Research Alliance Launches the DREAM Knowledge-Exchange Platform to Accelerate Precision Medicine in Lupus

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) today launched the Data Repository, Exchange and Analytics platforM (DREAM), a cutting-edge knowledge-exchange platform. The DREAM consists of two distinct interfaces: a secure data-sharing and collaboration platform for researchers, and a research engagement platform for those living with lupus. The DREAM is the final component of the Lupus Nexus, a […] Read More

Lupus Research Alliance Announces Inaugural Recipients of Translational Bridge Award

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is excited to announce the first-ever recipients of the Translational Bridge Award (TBA), established this year to accelerate the translation of groundbreaking research into potential treatments and diagnostics for lupus. The award aims to propel high-potential projects from LRA-funded foundational discoveries with strong commercialization potential or an opportunity for clinical […] Read More