May 11, 2021 The Lupus Research Alliance is pleased to share the following article by one of our grantees Dr. Andrea Knight on hopeful developments in neuropsychiatric lupus and how her own research is improving mental health among children with lupus. Supporting major research advances is how the LRA fulfills its mission to Lift Up […] READ MORE
1 in 2 Lupus Nephritis Patients Don’t Know They Have Lupus New York, NY– December 7, 2020. Significant gaps in education and communication among patients and physicians pose barriers to lupus nephritis (LN) care, according to results of two companion surveys conducted by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA). Half […] READ MORE
September 25, 2019 Since being diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus back in 2017, my world has turned upside down. The physical toll on my body has been incredibly damaging, but what I think is more important to talk about here is the mental and emotional toll that everyone affected by this disease goes through. I […] READ MORE
July 18, 2019 When I set out to write a solo show in the winter of 2017, I just wanted to see if I could. I had spent the previous summer working at a professional theater festival, where a popular refrain was, “Create your own opportunities.” Back in college, when I saw a Solo Performance […] READ MORE
Blessed by an auto-immune disease at the age of 11, being different wasn’t really an option at the time, but a fact I had to embrace at a very young age. They call it the silent disease or the silent killer so I decided to make it ecstatically loud while passing around everything I learned […] READ MORE
January 24, 2019 When I heard of my sister’s lupus diagnosis I was confused about its origins and its implications, and to this day I still am. I dove into internet wormholes with WebMd articles, twitter posts and online support groups published by young people living with lupus. All of this information without an understanding […] READ MORE
November 29, 2018 Making the transition from being a young person with lupus to an adult is something that many of us go through, and it’s not always an easy process. I recently shared my story at the American College of Rheumatology Meeting in Chicago. It was a great experience. Not only did I get […] READ MORE
October 18, 2018 There are few things that a person living with lupus can control. The how and when we share our healthcare journey with others is one that we as people living with lupus do have control over. Each person living with lupus is unique and after 36 years as a lupus patient, I […] READ MORE
Hello my precious Lupus-ees! My name is Sheena Ogando, I’m a born and raised New Yorker, part-time yoga instructor, and full-time rheumatologist working in California. I have worked with the Lupus Research Alliance since 2015 and am coming home to New York for the 2018 NYC Marathon, running for the organization’s Team Life Without Lupus. […] READ MORE
August 14, 2018 Advancing Research Exponentially An Update on AMP by Jill Buyon, MD Lupus nephritis (LN), one of the dreaded complications of lupus, causes patients to suffer, sometimes for decades, with no new treatment in sight. But now is the time to leverage technology for major advances, which is exactly what the Accelerating Medicines […] READ MORE
I’m writing this blog because the Lupus Research Alliance, and its affiliate, Lupus Therapeutics is determined to drive discovery and development of new treatments for lupus! I am proud to serve as Executive Director of Lupus Therapeutics, which serves as fiscal and administrative agent of the Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN), a network of 57 […] READ MORE
Juana and Estela Mata Share their Story of Living with Lupus, as a Patient and Caregiver From one day to another you can start getting debilitating symptoms, aches, pains, organ involvement and the next thing you know you have a lifelong chronic illness, Lupus. Immediately you are scared because you don’t know what to expect, […] READ MORE
