Lupus Foundation of America Awards Four Grants to Support and Advance Childhood Lupus Research
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) is pleased to announce four recipients of pediatric lupus research grants under the Michael Jon Barlin Pediatric Lupus Research Program.
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) is pleased to announce four recipients of pediatric lupus research grants under the Michael Jon Barlin Pediatric Lupus Research Program.
- The grants will support researchers in their studies of lupus in children as they address the most urgent challenges in this area of medicine.
- Established in 2006 with the generous support of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, the LFA's Michael Jon Barlin Pediatric Lupus Research Program is the first and only national childhood lupus research program, founded in memory of Michael Jon Barlin who passed away at the age of 24 following a long battle with lupus.
- The disease can devastate a child's growth and day-to-day life, and even shorten a child's life," said Joy Buie, PhD, MSCR, RN, Vice President of Research, Lupus Foundation of America.