Mechanistic Clinical Award
Administers pilot clinical studies pairing lifestyle interventions with mechanistic analysis through the Mechanistic Clinical Award.
The Mechanistic Clinical Award is a grant program of the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) that supports pilot clinical studies testing lifestyle interventions in lupus patients, paired with hypothesis-driven mechanistic analysis to understand the biological effects of those interventions. The LRA, headquartered in New York and operating under Federal Tax ID #58-2492929, has distributed over $284 mill…
Pilot clinical studies testing lifestyle interventions — including exercise, diet, mental health, sun exposure, smoking, alcohol, and sleep — in lupus patients, paired with hypothesis-driven mechanistic analysis of underlying effects.
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