Amplifying the Patient Voice
throughout the healthcare, regulatory and public policy arenas and across the research continuum!
For the past 47 years, the Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc., has been providing education, support, and outreach services for people impacted by lupus and allied diseases while wielding the patient voice as a catalyst to advance awareness, advocacy and research initiatives.
For the Fiscal Year ending on September 30, 2024 our organization's administrative costs were less than 1.0% leaving more than 99.0% of every dollar raised going directly to our Program Services!
It is our hope that if you have lupus and/or an allied disease or love someone with lupus that you will use this website and our programs as tools to become empowered to take control and learn to manage the disease to live life to the fullest. We know firsthand that lupus and allied diseases do not just affect an individual, but also impact family, friends and others close to you.
Know that we are here for you and your loved ones as we all continue on our lupus journeys.
What's New
LADA Lupus Awareness Month Plans
LADA will be promoting May as Lupus Awareness Month with its 31 Days of Lupus Facts, 17th Annual New York State Capitol Legislative Awareness Event and celebrating World Lupus Day (WLD) on May 10th. We are also excited to co-sponsor our Second Annual Lupus Walk with the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) on May 17th at their Campus in Utica, NY. Click here to learn more
25th Annual Lupus Charity Golf Classic is officially launched!
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Please join us to celebrate our 25th Anniversary Golf Event as a Corporate Sponsor or Golfer on Thursday, August 14, 2025 at beautiful Shenendoah Golf Course at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, NY. Nkarta Therapeutics is our Event Sponsor and Dr. Donald Raddatz, Bassett Healthcare Retired Division Chief of Rheumatology is our Honorary Golf Classic Chairman.
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​Tournament is limited to first 132 golfers paid in full. Early registration ends on July 14, 2025. Click here for more details
LADA Attended ACR Convergence 24 Conference
LADA hosted the Lupus Community Booth #2200 at the American College of Rheumatology's ACR Convergence 24 held November 14-19, 2024 at the Washington DC Convention Center. LADA sponsored 14 people with lupus and care partners to attend as well as 3 patient advocates to participate in the Patient Perspectives Program and 1 in an ARP Session. To learn more Click Here
A Wonderful Day at The 24th Annual Lupus Charity Golf Classic
LADA's 24th Annual Lupus Charity Classic was held on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at the beautiful Shenendoah Golf Course at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY. The event was a great success raising $201,000 in gross proceeds to fund our advocacy, awareness, education and research programs. Click here to learn more
A Record Year in Lupus Research Support
LADA is thrilled to share that we continued to expand our lupus research program investments in 2024 even after making 2023 a record year of giving to lupus research. We are honored to have supported an incredible $562,390.00 in lupus research grants, bringing our overall total to $2,915,228.00 since 1990. Click here to learn more
LADA partners with NKF, LFA and LRA on LN PFDD Meeting
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) hosted a Lupus Nephritis (LN) Patient Focused Drug Development (PFDD) Meeting on October 11, 2024 in Hyattsville, MD. The meeting was held both in person and virtually. The event was a success due to the incredible patient panelists who shared their lupus nephritis journeys with passion, candor and emotion. We thank all who participated. Click here to learn more.
World Lupus Day Celebrated with Hats on 4 Lupus
LADA celebrated on May 10th as World Lupus Day (WLD) by promoting our Annual WLD Tea and Hats on 4 Lupus While You Brew Up Your Inner Warrior event. It's not too late to Pour yourself a cup of tea or beverage of your choice, put on a hat and snap a photo and send to us for our gallery. Click here to learn more
Lupus Awareness Month 2024
LADA traveled to Albany along with the other Lupus Agencies of New York state groups on May 8, 2024 to be recognized in the Assembly and Senate Chambers of the state capitol. We thank Assemblyman Fred Thiele and Senator Joseph Griffo for continuing to sponsor the resolutions recognizing May as Lupus Awareness Month each year.
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LADA Celebrates Lupus Awareness Month
LADA promoted May as Lupus Awareness Month with its 31 Days of Lupus Facts, 16th Annual New York State Capitol Legislative Awareness Event and celebrated World Lupus Day (WLD) on May 10th. We were also excited to co-sponsor our First Annual Lupus Walk with the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) on May 18th at their Campus in Utica, NY. Click here to learn more
LADA Featured in RRF's Foundation Voice
LADA was featured in the Rheumatology Research Foundation's Foundation Voice spring edition in an article called Philanthropy in Action: Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc. The article gives an overview of the Marc R. Chevrier, MD, PhD, FACR Lupus Research Memorial Fund that we established to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Marc Chevrier. Click here for the publication and go to page 11.
Lupus Research Honor
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LADA's Board of Directors and Supporters celebrated May as Lupus Awareness Month at the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) on May 19, 2023 while the MMRI launched their new Center of Excellence in Immunology & Rheumatology Research Lab named in honor of LADA. They were joined by federal, state and local policymakers to promote lupus awareness and research. Click here to learn more.