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ty of systemic lupus affecting the kidneys, heart, lungs, brain, blood and skin spurs the LRI to reach out to such specialties as cardiology, nephrology, neurology and dermatology and to urge investigators in these areas to bring their best thinking to lupus. This scientific strategy, endorsed by leading immunologists and rheumatologists who comprise the LRI's scientific advisory board, also carries through to the organization's advocacy agenda. As a result of the LRI's 2004 national advocacy on Capitol Hill, the Fiscal Year 2005 U.S. House Labor, Health & Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee Report, calls for research collaboration across multiple NIH institutes to tackle this core problem of heterogeneity in lupus.

"With the LRI's increased funding level, we expect the program to attract an even larger number of promising applications," said Novel Research Taskforce Co-Chairman Mark Shlomchik, MD, PhD, professor of laboratory medicine and immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine. "By appealing to researchers in other specialties, the LRI will spur novel approaches and collaborations not previously applied to the lupus field."

The 2005 grant application deadline is June 30, 2005 with financial support slated to start in October. For information on the LRI's 2005 grant program, visit www.lupusresearchinstitute.org or call Laura Hack, Grants Administrator at 212-685-4118.

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Contact: Lydia Dorsky
ldorsky@lupusny.org
212-685-4118
Lupus Research Institute
1-Feb-2005

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