The Lupus Forum

Join Professors Ed Vital and Maria Dall'Era as they preview what we are most looking forward to at this ACR, introducing some of the top abstracts and posters we’ve chosen so that you can better plan your time at what will be a busy and exciting congress.

Tune into this episode of our 'Guiding Lupus Clinical Management' podcast series and hear from Doctor Guillermo Pons-Estel and Professors Victoria Werth and Marta Mosca as they discuss ACR and EULAR guidance on cardiorespiratory and systemic vasculitis manifestations, along with what that means in practice.

Professor Vibeke Strand and Professor Christopher Edwards discuss recent studies advancing the treatment landscape in SLE. This episode discusses advances in SLE management and targeted therapy. Through expert-led discussion, this podcast offers practical perspectives for clinicians looking to stay at the forefront of lupus care.

Join Professors Ed Vital and Chris Edwards, Xavier Mariette and Doctor Elizabeth Price on the Lupus Forum for their discussion of the recent webinar “Diagnostic complexity and therapeutic challenges in Sjögren's disease”. Watch them discuss key highlights from the webinar, including the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of Sjögren’s disease, from diagnosis and symptom management to emerging tr...

Tune into this episode of our 'Guiding Lupus Clinical Management' podcast series and hear from Doctor Guillermo Pons-Estel and Professors Victoria Werth and Marta Mosca as they discuss ACR and EULAR guidance on Cutaneous and mucocutaneous manifestations of SLE, along with what that means in practice.

Doctor Guillermo J. Pons-Estel discusses a recent study evaluating anifrolumab for long-term cardiovascular damage in SLE. This podcast offers practical perspectives for clinicians looking to stay at the forefront of lupus care. To explore the full paper and download the accompanying slide deck, visit the Lupus Forum. Stay up to date with the latest research and monthly podcast episodes through th...

Join Professor Ed Vital and Doctors Chris Wincup, Marc Scherlinger and Melanie Hagen for this webinar on "Cell therapies in autoimmune disease: Emerging science and clinical potential". You can also find the Highlights Podcast on our website: https://lupus-forum.com/podcasts/episodes

Join Professor Ed Vital and Doctors Chris Wincup, Marc Scherlinger and Melanie Hagen on the Lupus Forum for their discussion of the recent webinar “Cell therapies in autoimmune disease: Emerging science and clinical potential”. Watch them discuss key highlights from the webinar, including exploring cell therapies in lupus, focusing on their therapeutic potential, patient selection considerations,...

Professors Ed Vital, Anca Askanase, Gavin Giovannoni and Dr Guillermo Valenzuela as they discuss key highlights from the webinar, including exploring the role of S1PR signalling in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, the evidence supporting approved S1PR-modulating therapies, and the potential of S1PR modulation as a treatment approach for SLE.

Join Professors Ed Vital, Anca Askanase, Gavin Giovannoni and Dr Guillermo Valenzuela on the Lupus Forum for their discussion of the recent webinar “S1PR modulation: Exploring a new pathway in the treatment of lupus”. Watch them discuss key highlights from the webinar, including exploring the role of S1PR signalling in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, the evidence supporting approved S1PR-mo...

Tune into this episode of our 'Guiding Lupus Clinical Management' podcast series and hear from Professors Ed Vital, Maria Dall'Era and Marta Mosca as they discuss ACR and EULAR guidance on neuropsychiatric manifestations of lupus and lupus nephritis, along with what that means in practice.

Join Professor Ed Vital, an Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the UK and Professor Eric Morand, Dean of the Sub-Faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine at Monash University, and Head of Rheumatology at Monash Health, in Melbourne Australia, as they discuss Professor Morand’s recent paper ‘Enpatoran, a toll-like receptor 7/8 inhibitor, in moderate-to-se...

Professor Christopher Edwards and Professor Chi-Chiu Mok discuss two recent studies advancing the treatment landscape in SLE. This episode discusses the safety of belimumab during pregnancy and the 2026 British Society for Rheumatology guideline for the management of children, young people and adults with SLE. Through expert-led discussion, this podcast offers practical perspectives for clinicians...

Tune into this episode of our 'Guiding Lupus Clinical Management' podcast series and hear from Professors Ed Vital, Maria Dall'Era and Guillermo Pons-Estel as they discuss ACR and EULAR guidance on hematological manifestations of lupus and lupus nephritis, along with what that means in practice.

Join Ed Vital, from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, and Marc Scherlinger, from Strasbourg University Hospital, as they discuss his recent paper ‘Relapse risk of lupus-related serositis according to immunosuppressive therapy: a national real-world study’.

Dr Guillermo J. Pons-Estel and Professor Victoria Werth highlight the latest advances in lupus treatment. This podcast discusses the efficacy and safety of dapirolizumab pegol in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, alongside new analyses demonstrating improved kidney outcomes with belimumab plus mycophenolate mofetil in lupus nephritis. If you are interested in the papers discussed, head o...

Tune into this episode of our 'Guiding Lupus Clinical Management' podcast series and hear from Professors Ed Vital and Maria Dall'Era as they take a closer look at the ACR and EULAR guideline development models and consider their methodological strengths and differences, and point to additional resources.

Professor Ed Vital and Professor Chris Edwards discuss two recent studies advancing the treatment landscape in SLE. This episode discusses real-world effectiveness of anifrolumab in moderate-to-severe SLE and belimumab in SLE with haematological manifestations. Through expert-led discussion, this podcast offers practical perspectives for clinicians looking to stay at the forefront of lupus care. T...

Join Professor Ed Vital as he reviews his highlights from the recent EULAR 2026 congress and discusses key abstracts and findings.

Join Professor Chris Edwards as he summarises his top lupus abstracts, posters, and presentations for Day 4 of EULAR 2026 (Saturday, June 6th).

Join Professor Chris Edwards as he summarises his top lupus abstracts, posters, and presentations for Day 3 of EULAR 2026 (Friday, June 5th).

Join Professor Chris Edwards as he summarises his top lupus abstracts, posters, and presentations for Day 2 of EULAR 2026 (Thursday, June 4th).

Join Professor Chris Edwards as he summarises his top lupus abstracts, posters, and presentations for Day 1 of EULAR 2026 (Wednesday, June 3rd).

Join Professor Chris Edwards as he previews what we are most looking forward to this EULAR, introducing some of the top abstracts and posters we’ve chosen so that you can better plan your time at what will be a busy and exciting congress.

Professor Eric Morand and Doctor Kathryn Connelly discuss two recent studies advancing the treatment landscape in SLE and lupus nephritis. This episode discusses antimalarial use and extra-renal damage accrual in lupus nephritis, as well as autologous CD19 CAR T-cell therapy for paediatric and adult SLE. Through expert-led discussion, this podcast offers practical perspectives for clinicians looki...