News from ILADS
Special Issue of Tropical Medicine & Infectious Diseases (Co-edited by ILADS member Dr. Kenneth B. Liegner)
A forthcoming special issue of Tropical Medicine & Infectious Diseases will be co-edited by ILADS member Dr. Kenneth B. Liegner. The special issue will be titled “Tick-Borne Diseases and the Spirochetoses in the Tropical Zone“. Manuscript submission information for the special issue can be found here. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 25 October 2021.…
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Report on the Southern Tier Lyme Support Conference
Lyme Disease Conference, May 4, 2019 Report Southern Tier Lyme Support Inc. (hereafter, STLS) and Binghamton University (hereafter BU) co-hosted our fifth annual Lyme disease conference on May 4, 2019. Pre Conference Activities Last year, in Broome County, Lyme disease diagnoses jumped 36%. Over the previous five years, Lyme diagnoses increased 525%. Given these numbers,…
Read MoreILADS gives Input to NIH on research priorities regarding tick-borne diseases
The NIH is developing a strategic plan to advance tickborne disease (TBD) research and development over the next five years and beyond. This Request for Information (RFI) invited comments and suggestions on the tickborne diseases (TBD) research priorities NIH should continue or adopt over the coming years. The deadline for submission was March 13, 2019. …
Read MoreILADS Recognizes Outstanding Contributions to Lyme Disease Care at 2017 Annual Conference
At our 2017 Scientific Conference, ILADS awarded three distinguished physicians and advocates for their outstanding, innovative work to help patients with Lyme and tick-borne disease. These three awards recognize dedicated members of the community who have improved the understanding of Lyme in the public and in the medical community, all in the service of elevating…
Read MoreILADEF Welcomes New Officers and Directors
In November, International Lyme and Associated Diseases Education Foundation welcomed officers and directors for the 2018 term. Dr. Ronald Wilson, who served as secretary over the last term, became our new president. Dr. Wilson brings not only his decades of experience as a physician, but also his personal experience of a family impacted by Lyme…
Read MoreILADS Makes its Mark on HHS Tick-Borne Disease Working Group
In November 2017, the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) appointed members to its Tick-Borne Disease (TBD) Working Group, just before its first official meeting in December. In its inaugural iteration, ILADS is pleased to announce that two of the group’s seven public members are current or former members of ILADS and its…
Read MoreILADS Welcomes New Board Members
ILADS is pleased to welcome its 2018 directors, including President Leo Shea III, PhD. Dr. Shea serves as an associate professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rusk Institute of New York University-Langone Medical Center, and as president of Neuropsychological Evaluation and Treatment Service where he focuses on tick-borne diseases, traumatic brain injury, chronic illness and trauma.…
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