The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Career Development and Postdoctoral Awards to Promote Diversity in Lupus Research. Launched in 2021, the Diversity in Lupus Research (DLR) Awards aim to foster the development and productivity of exceptional early-career and postdoctoral scientists from underrepresented minority groups in science. Lupus is a debilitating autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, and Asian/Pacific Islander people.
The LRA inaugurated the DLR Awards three years ago to foster a diverse scientific community that mirrors the populations most impacted by lupus. We are delighted to recognize the talented recipients of the 2024 LRA Diversity in Lupus Research Awards. By supporting these outstanding individuals, we are not only broadening the diversity of our scientific community, but also paving the way for innovative approaches to drive advancements in lupus research.
" Teodora Staeva, Ph.D., LRA Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer This year, three individuals will be awarded the DLR Career Development Award, which provides each investigator up to $600,000 over four years to help establish a competitive research program.
The recipients are: Carlos Castrillon, Ph.D., Emory University Paul Hoover, M.
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, Brigham and Women's Hospital Renita Horton, Ph.D., University of Houston Additionally, two postdoctoral fellows will receive the DLR Postdoctoral Award, which provides.