# Lumina Corps

> Lumina Corps is a women-owned strategic communications and event-support company that turns dense health and biomedical information into websites, campaigns, meetings, research summaries, and practical tools for government agencies and mission-driven organizations. Founded as Nova Research Company in 1986, renamed Lumina in 2022, and enlarged through a 2026 merger with CommunicateHealth, it occupies the unglamorous but consequential space between scientific expertise and public action.

- **Founded:** 1986
- **Headquarters:** Silver Spring, United States
- **Products:** Integrated health communications, Conference and event support, Research program support, Digital products and websites, InformationLiteracy.gov resources
- **Notable:** Built InformationLiteracy.gov into a hub with more than 100 evidence-based resources and created an AI-literacy teaching toolkit for middle and high school students., Led branding and website development for the HHS Food Is Medicine initiative after stakeholder discussions about audience needs., Produced research-driven medication health fraud content and 15- to 30-second PSAs for FDA CDER.

## Products & services

- **Integrated health communications** — Audience research, strategy, message development, content, creative production, activation, and evaluation for public health and science organizations.
- **Conference and event support** — Planning, registration, logistics, accessibility, technology, and program support for in-person, virtual, and hybrid scientific meetings.
- **Research program support** — Scientific writing, research summaries, administrative coordination, stakeholder engagement, and program management for biomedical initiatives.
- **Digital products and websites** — Accessible content strategy, brand systems, web design, development, content management, and measurement.
- **InformationLiteracy.gov resources** — Web content and custom teaching tools spanning AI, digital, financial, health, and science literacy, including a hub with more than 100 evidence-based resources.
- **Food Is Medicine digital toolkit** — Branding, stakeholder-informed content strategy, accessible design, website development, and launch communications for the HHS initiative.
- **Medication health fraud campaign** — Audience research, web content, digital materials, and 15- to 30-second audio and video public service announcements for FDA CDER.

## Achievements

- Built InformationLiteracy.gov into a hub with more than 100 evidence-based resources and created an AI-literacy teaching toolkit for middle and high school students.
- Led branding and website development for the HHS Food Is Medicine initiative after stakeholder discussions about audience needs.
- Produced research-driven medication health fraud content and 15- to 30-second PSAs for FDA CDER.
- Won a NIAID meeting and conference support contract in 2023 with a public ceiling of approximately $9.9 million.
- Maintains GSA Multiple Award Schedule contracts and appears as a small, women-owned federal contractor.
- Coordinated years of biomedical and public-service meetings, including Alzheimer’s genomics, cancer screening equity, the HEAL Initiative, and workforce programs.
- Integrated CommunicateHealth into Lumina’s operations in 2026 while retaining the Lumina name.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Scheduled the hybrid 2026 AI/ML and FunGen-AD Consortia Joint Program Meeting for August 27-28 in Rockville and online.
- **2026-07** — Supported NACDD’s Tips Adjacent campaign, including ambassador recruitment, partnerships, and campaign content for tobacco cessation and cancer prevention.
- **2026-02** — Published expanded case studies covering InformationLiteracy.gov, Food Is Medicine, and FDA medication health fraud communications.
- **2026-01** — CommunicateHealth formally merged into Lumina’s operations under the Lumina Corps name.
- **2025-11** — Announced the CommunicateHealth merger and an expanded research, strategy, creative, activation, and evaluation offering.

## Links

- Website: https://luminacorps.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/luminacorps

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Last updated: 2026-09-20