, /PRNewswire/ -- The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) is pleased to grant 2 starring scientists for their notable contributions to lupus probe astatine the 2022 Evelyn V. Hess Reception held during the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) convergence 2022 gathering this evening successful Philadelphia, PA. The LFA volition contiguous the Evelyn V. Hess Award to Eric Morand, MBBS, PhD, Monash University and the Mary Betty Stevens Young Investigator Prize to Joyce Chang, MD, MSCE, Boston Children's Hospital BCH and Harvard Medical School.
Honoring Dr. Morand for Exceptional Impact and Dedication to Advancing the Field of Lupus Research
The Evelyn V. Hess Award was established successful 2006 and is fixed annually to admit the outstanding contributions of a objective oregon basal subject researcher whose assemblage of enactment has precocious the knowing of the subject of lupus treatment.
Dr. Morand is Head of the School of Clinical Sciences astatine Monash University and Director of Rheumatology astatine Monash Health. His objective probe focuses connected systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including objective measurement, result predictors, and biomarkers. Dr. Morand founded the Monash Lupus Clinic, Australia's archetypal multidisciplinary research-focused session for lupus. This laid the instauration for the Australian Lupus Registry and the Asia Pacific Lupus Collaboration, present among the largest longitudinal cohorts of SLE patients ever assembled.
He led the improvement of the Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS) treat-to-target endpoint, and presently leads an planetary consortium to redesign result measures for SLE trials. He was besides main researcher of the TULIP2 proceedings of the IFN receptor antibody anifrolumab, resulting successful its regulatory support for the attraction of SLE.
"It's a large grant to person the designation of the Evelyn V. Hess Award from the Lupus Foundation of America and my peers, and it makes maine privation to redouble my efforts successful our field," shared Dr. Morand. "As a doc for 30 years, I person observed however different autoimmune diseases person had unthinkable revolutions successful attraction and diligent outcomes, and the deficiency of a akin gyration successful lupus successful the aforesaid play affects maine profoundly. However, we've seen large advancement successful caller years, and the bravery of our patients inspires maine to bash each I tin to assistance the aboriginal of lupus beryllium antithetic from the past."
Honoring Dr. Joyce Chang for Notable Contributions
Established successful 2009, the yearly Mary Betty Stevens Young Investigator Prize recognizes the singular accomplishments of an researcher successful the aboriginal stages of their lupus vocation and memorializes Dr. Stevens' outstanding contributions to lupus probe passim her career.
Dr. Joyce Chang, pediatric rheumatologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics astatine Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) and Harvard Medical School, has focused her probe connected cardiovascular wellness appraisal and prevention successful childhood-onset lupus. Very small is known astir aboriginal cardiovascular illness successful children, and Dr. Chang has diligently studied the usage of non-invasive techniques to measure cardiac relation and subclinical atherosclerosis successful children with lupus. As a past victor of the LFA's Gary S. Gilkeson Career Development Award, Dr. Chang utilized the backing to place caller screening tools for cardiovascular hazard stratification successful the pediatric population, including appraisal of nocturnal humor unit abnormalities and myocardial strain.
Dr. Chang has besides led probe successful immoderate of the astir challenging problems successful some pediatric and lupus care, including medicine adherence, modulation from pediatric to big care, attraction quality, and wellness equity. She besides co-leads a Transition Workgroup, and serves connected the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee successful the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance.
"I person agelong looked up to the erstwhile recipients of the Lupus Foundation of America's Mary Betty Stevens prize, and it's an grant to person it," shared Dr. Chang. "I spot truthful overmuch imaginable successful the children and teens that I attraction for. Some of them clasp surviving with lupus, portion others inactive struggle. I privation each of them to person the accidental to scope their fullest potential, and immoderate cognition done probe that tin assistance america execute that is worthy pursuing."
During the event, recipients of the Evelyn V. Hess Award and Mary Betty Stevens Young Investigator Prize for 2021 and 2020 volition besides beryllium honored arsenic an awards reception was not held during those years owed to the coronavirus pandemic.
About the Lupus Foundation of America
The Lupus Foundation of America is the nationalist unit devoted to solving the enigma of lupus, 1 of the world's cruelest, astir unpredictable and devastating diseases, portion giving caring enactment to those who endure from its brutal impact. Through a broad programme of research, education, and advocacy, we pb the combat to amended the prime of beingness for each radical affected by lupus. Learn much astir the Lupus Foundation of America at lupus.org. For the latest quality and updates, travel america on Twitter and Facebook.
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