When a congresswoman comes to visit

Last week, we were thrilled to host Connecticut 5th District’s Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty and give her a tour of our department and show her the work we do in the tickborne disease prevention lab.  We wanted to show her first-hand … Read more

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What a year!

It’s been a year since we posted an update and much has been happening.  We successfully completed the first year of our CDC-funded Backyard Integrated Tick Management Study. Our awesome student interns not only collected a gazillion ticks from backyards … Read more

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We did it!

Well it’s officially official: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be funding us to carry out an integrated tick management study here in western CT and in southern RI.  My co-PI is Dr. Thomas Mather, of the University … Read more

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Good news

Just learned the Tick Lab will receive funding for a tickborne disease prevention study that will take place here in western CT over the next four years.  Stay tuned for the official announcement!! 

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…and we are done

Well, summer field work has finally come to a close.  We all celebrated by trying out the ropes course at the Discovery Museum Adventure Park.  This is the Tick Lab’s 6th summer of research work and we all look forward to … Read more

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Field work in July

The summer field crew has been slogging away in tick repellent clothing and this is their last week of having to wear their treated “uniforms.”  Despite how great they look (really!), I think the crew is a little excited about freeing themselves from … Read more

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