Lupus Research Alliance Inaugurates Diversity Awards The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) inaugurated two new award mechanisms this past summer with the goal of alleviating the racial disparities prevalent in both autoimmune diseases and the biomedical research community. Three notable early career scientists from under-represented groups received the Diversity in Lupus Research Career Development Awards, and…
Scientist Development Award Winner Probes Ethnic Disparities in Lupus
Recipient of a Rheumatology Research Foundation Scientist Development Award, Ashira Blazer, MD, focuses her research on racial and ethnic disparities in lupus. She looks beyond socioeconomic differences, differences in lifestyles and access to care to better understand the biologically determined differences behind disparate outcomes. With funding from the Foundation, she was able to investigate the…