Past Projects
The Lipedema Foundation is the world’s largest sponsor of Lipedema research. Through its Research Awards Program, LF has funded approximately $11 million in awards since its inception in 2015. The research projects provide insights to help define, diagnose, and develop treatments for Lipedema. More than 31 researchers from leading universities and institutions around the globe have received the awards thus far. Many of these projects have yielded scientific publications. Learn more about the impact that LF-sponsored research has made on the study of Lipedema.
Research Awards Recipients prior to 2021 are listed below by geography. You can also view historical awards by topic.
North America
Lev Becker
2017 Collaborative Award
The University of Chicago
Echoe M. Bouta and Tim Padera
2015 LERN / FDRS Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital
Bruce A. Bunnell
2017 Collaborative Award
Tulane University
Adri Chakraborty and Joseph Rutkowski
2017 Fellowship Award
Texas A&M Health Sciences Center
Rachelle Crescenzi and Manus Donahue
2015 LERN / FDRS Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Walter E. Cromer 2017 Proof of Concept
Texas A&M Health Sciences Center
Manus J. Donahue
2017 Collaborative Award
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Michelle Foster
2017 Proof of Concept Award
Colorado State University
Ingrid A. Harten
2017 Proof of Concept Award
Benaroya Research Institute
Karen Herbst
2015 Collaborative Award
University of Arizona
Javier Jaldin-Fincati and Amira Klip
2015 LERN/FDRS Fellowship
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Nolwenn Joffin and Philipp Scherer
2017 Fellowship and Independent Investigator Awards
University of Texas, Southwestern
Yann Klimentidis
2017 Proof of Concept Award
University of Arizona
Center for Strategic Philanthropy
2016 Lipedema Research Project
Milken Institute
Barbara Pober
2017 Proof of Concept Award
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eva Sevick-Muraca
2017 Collaborative Award
University of Texas, Health Sciences Center at Houston
Carrie Shawber
2015 Proof of Concept Award
Columbia University Medical Center
Melody Swartz
2017 Collaborative Award
The University of Chicago
Kim To and J. Brandon Dixon
2017 Fellowship Award
Georgia Institute of Technlogy
Europe
Anna Bauer and Dominik Duscher
2017 Proof of Concept
Technische Universität München
Gunther Felmerer and Epa Gousopoulos
2017 Proof of Concept
University of Goettingen
Epa Gousopoulos 2020 Proof of Concept The University of Zürich
Rene Haegerling
2017 Proof of Concept
St George's University of London
Pia Ostergaard
2015 Proof of Concept Award
St George's University of London
Annalisa Zecchin and Peter Carmeliet
2015 FDRS / Lipedema Foundation Fellowship
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Australia
Eric Haan
2017 Collaborative Award
SA Pathology / CALHN
Natasha Harvey
2017 Collaborative Award
University of South Australia
Neil Piller
2017 Collaborative Award
Flinders Medical Centre
Hamish Scott
2017 Collaborative Award
SA Pathology / CALHN