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Tick-Borne Illness in Primary Care

Identifying knowledge gaps and creating training programs to educate primary-care clinicians about tick-borne diseases

Many tick-borne illnesses have overlapping symptoms, and primary-care clinicians don’t always have the training to effectively diagnose and treat them. Since these clinicians are often the first point of contact for someone suffering from a tick-borne disease, it is especially important that they know about emerging diseases and pathogens in the region. To address this issue, a team of faculty and students is collaborating with the Tompkins County Department of Health and local infectious disease specialists to engage with primary care clinicians on tick-borne disease education. The goal is a Continuing Medical Education–accredited seminar series about tick-borne diseases for primary-care clinicians.

Grant category: Other

Topics: Education; Health, Nutrition and Medicine

The Team

  • Emily Mader, Department of Entomology

    College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Laura Harrington, Department of Entomology

    College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Caroline Yancey, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences

    College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Graduate student:  Darryl Ware, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences

    College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Community partner:  Tompkins County Health Department
  • Community partner:  Dr. Douglas MacQueen, Cayuga Medical Associates
  • Community partner:  Dr. Jeffrey Snedeker, Northeast Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Engaged Opportunity Grants

Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.

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