In the Loop - Healthy Living with Lupus Symposium
Save the date of Saturday, March 26th, for our annual 'In the Loop - Healthy Living with Lupus' symposium. Topics for this year's symposium include Lupus Living-The Importance of Proper Nutrition, Looping It All Together, Caregiver Conversation, Bringing the Fight to Lupus Nephritis: An Introduction to LUPKYNIS™ (Voclosporin), The Mind-Body Connection...The Power You Have to Create A Safe Space For Your Body to Heal, Secret Weapon to Getting Organized, and Prescription Medicine Costs in Context. There will be a plated lunch, exhibitors, lupus merchandise for sale, and time for socializing.
Symposium Schedule:
| 12:00-12:10 pm | Welcome and introduction video from Dr. Kristina Box, Indiana State Health Commissioner | |
| 12:10-1:10 pm | Keynote speaker and plated lunch – Lupus Living-The Importance of Proper Nutrition (Dr. Mary Jacobs) | |
| 1:10-1:25 pm | Visit exhibitors and move to breakout session rooms | |
| 1:25-2:10 pm | Secret Weapon to Getting Organized (Angela Cody-Rouget) | Looping It All Together (La Toija Snodgrass and Damiah Woodmore, LFA-IN) |
| 2:10-2:25 pm | Visit exhibitors and move to breakout session rooms | |
| 2:25-3:10 pm | The Mind/Body Connection – The Power You Have to Create a Safe Space for Your Body to Heal (LaDonna Goshow) | Caregiver Conversation (Facilitated by Noelle Nathan with panelists) |
| 3:10-3:25 pm | Visit exhibitors and move to breakout session rooms | |
| 3:25-4:10 pm | “Discover a Different Treatment Option for Lupus Nephritis”? (Dr. Alvin Wells, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals) | Prescription Medicine Costs in Context (Reid Porter and Kristina Moorhead, PhRMA) |
| 4:10-4:25 pm | Visit exhibitors and move to Hendricks A | |
| 4:25-4:45 pm | Wrap up, raffle giveaway, evaluations | |
Deadline to purchase online tickets is Sunday, March 13th. After that date, please contact Damiah Woodmore and we'll do our best to accommodate your request. For people with lupus who need help paying for their ticket, a limited number of scholarships are available by calling our office at 317.225.4400 or emailing Damiah.
Please note that based on current CDC and Hendricks County Health Department recommendations, masks are optional but for the safety of attendees, are recommended.
Plated lunch options:
- Strawberry fields salad (GF, VG): Chilled spring mix topped with grilled chicken breast (optional), candied pecans, crumbled bleu cheese (optional), sliced strawberries & mandarin oranges. Served with house-made raspberry vinaigrette dressing. Served with warm rolls and butter.
- Marinated grilled chicken breast (GF): Chicken breast marinated in chef's house-made Dijon marinade. Served with chef's choice of starch, fresh seasonal vegetable and warm rolls and butter.
Dessert options are carrot cake and chocolate cake.
GF=gluten free; VG=vegetarian friendly
We have sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities for those organizations or businesses who would like to support this event and/or share their information or services with our symposium attendees.
Sponsorship Benefit Packet Exhibitor Information
Symposium Exhibitors: Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Juice Plus, Jar'd Up, Lambda Sigma Sigma Lupus Sorority, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Pampered Chef
THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS!
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