Lupus Innovation Award (LIA)
2023 Funded Grants
Predicting response and non-response to therapy in SLE
Marta Alarcón-Riquelme, M.D., Ph.D.
Fundación Pública Andaluza Progreso Y Salud
Development of cell-based therapies targeting DNA-reactive B cells in SLE
Laura Belver, Ph.D.
Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
Identifying the mechanism of virus-induced lupus
Tarin Bigley, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University, School of Medicine
Mechanisms for human TLR8 induced placental injury
Anne Davidson, MBBS
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Defining the determinants of lupus progression and cancerous transformation
Federico Gaiti, Ph.D.
University Health Network
Engineered immunological niche to monitor lupus nephritis
Aaron Morris, Ph.D.
The Regents of the University of Michigan
Systematic dissection of lupus non-coding risk variants in primary B cells
John Ray, Ph.D.
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason
Targeting anti-ERV B cells using CAAR T cells
Maria Tokuyama, Ph.D.
University of British Columbia
A multiomic approach to unravel immunology behind pregnancy complications in SLE
Lisa van Baarsen, Ph.D.
Amsterdam UMC
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
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
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
Multiplexed single-cell imaging in pediatric lupus nephritis
Elena Wen-Yuan Hsieh, MD
University of Colorado
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