Join us for the 2026 Austin Lupus & You: Empowerment Conference
The Lupus & You: Empowerment Conference is an experience that celebrates, inspires, supports, and uplifts lupus warriors, care partners, family, and friends. The event is designed to empower attendees through expert-led sessions that will help them better navigate a life with lupus and make meaningful connections with other attendees that will last far beyond the day’s event.
AGENDA
9:00am Check in, Breakfast, Networking, Visit Resource Tables
9:30am Welcome/Opening - Kristi Colclasure, LFA
9:45am Understanding Lupus: New Guidelines, Treatment Options & Reproductive HealthDr. Veena Patel, UT Medicine Rheumatology
10:45am Your Journey. Our Power. One Lupus Community. LFA Program & Resource Highlights with a Lupus Warrior Panel Presenter/Moderator: Melissa French, LFA Care & Support Services Lupus Warrior Panelists: Joyce Dukes, Empress Bey, and Richard Fowler
11:30am NETWORKING BREAK
11:45am New Discoveries in Lupus: What Today's Research Means for PatientsFrom genes to kidneys to the future of personalized medicineDr. Kevin Hackshaw, UT Medicine Rheumatology
12:30pm Austin Walk Rally & Conference Closing!
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