Ticktective

What To Do If You Find a Tick

Dan Wolff (Tick Man Dan), the founder and president of TickEase tweezers, discusses his invention, what to do when you find a tick, ecology of ticks, and how Tony Fauci ended up at his bar mitzvah.

Tick-borne Diseases, PANS/PANDAS and Resulting Pediatric Anxiety and Eating Disorders

Daniel Kinderlehrer, MD is the author of "Recovery From Lyme Disease: The Integrative Medicine Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tick-Borne Illness". He is also the author of several review articles in medical journals and the Lyme Times. Dr. Kinderlehrer attended Tufts Medical School and is an internal medicine physician. He co-founded the New England Center for Holisitic Medicine and has a private integrative medicine practice in Denver, Colorado, where he treats patients with tick-borne...

Gratitude of a Celebrity, Business Woman, Author, Wife and Mom

Ally Hilfiger, film producer, fashion designer, businesswoman, reality TV star, daughter of fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger, and author of the book “Bite Me” shares her personal experience with tick-borne diseases and her path to healing.

Our Most Recent Tick Ecology Studies and What We've Discovered

Dan Salkeld, PhD, Bay Area Lyme Scientific Advisory Board member, discusses the ecology and epidemiology of Lyme and other emerging tick-borne pathogens such as Borrelia miyamotoi.

The Wearable Project: How Can Wearables Be Used in Diagnosing and Studying Lyme Disease?

Guest host, Wendy Adams, Bay Area Lyme grant director, interviews Dr. Michael Snyder, Stanford W. Ascherman Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics Director, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Stanford University. Dr. Snyder is a major participant in the ENCODE project, the public research project that aims to identify functional elements of the human genome.

Mental Health Support for Persistent Lyme Disease patients and Covid Longhauler patients

Kerry Lang, a mental health therapist, shares how seeking wellness groups and having a positive attitude are so important to supporting the immune system and mental health. She discusses the Covid/Lyme overlap and how these two populations need to work together to inform each other.

The Mysterious History of Tick-borne Diseases and How We Can Stem the Epidemic

Kris Newby discusses her Lyme history, her extensive research into tick-borne diseases in the USA and where we find ourselves today in this new pandemic world.

How to Diagnose if Lyme Disease is Affecting the Heart and How to Best Treat It

Dr. Baranchuk, Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University in the Division of Cardiology in Ontario Canada, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electrocardiology, Vice-President of the International Society of Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology and Secretary of the Inter-American Society of Cardiology, discusses his screening process for identifying Lyme infections in the heart and how to treat these patients without unnecessary pacemakers.

First Female US Air Force Thunderbird Pilot and Her Fiercest Battle Yet

Proof of Persistent Lyme

Monica Embers, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center and Bay Area Lyme Scientific Advisory Board member discusses xenodiagnosis, Borrelia persistence, and her ongoing research in non-human primates.

Finding Strength and Positivity Through Hardship

Miss California USA 2020, Allyshia Gupta, shares her personal story of finding herself through hardship and loss, and the importance of service as a source of strength.

Tick-borne Disease Research, Lyme Persistence, and Rash Reality

Wendy Adams, MBA, Bay Area Lyme Advisory Board Member and Research Grant Director, discusses Lyme research, Lyme persistence studies, and the reality of Lyme rashes.

Strengthen Yourself Against Tick-borne Diseases, Covid19, and MSIDS

Bay Area Lyme Foundation Advisory Board Member, Richard Horowitz, MD, author of "Why Can't I Get Better?" speaks about his experience and novel research on Tick-borne Diseases, Fire/Smoke Exposure, Covid19, and Multiple Systemic Infectious Disease Syndrome (MSIDS)

Lyme Persistence and COVID "Long-Haulers"

Bay Area Lyme Foundation Advisory Board Member, "Chronic" co-author and SonyATV singer/ songwriter, Dana Parish, shares her perspective on chronic diseases, autoimmunity, COVID-19, and speaking out in the face of adversity.

Lyme, Malaria, COVID-19 & Next-Generation Sequencing

Lyme Biobanking & Lyme Diagnostics

Principal Investigator for the Bay Area Lyme Disease Biobank, Liz Horn, PhD, MBI, discusses the Lyme Disease Biobank which has enrolled over 900 participants, supporting over 50 research projects so far. They support research projects across the nation by providing coveted serum, whole blood, urine and tissue samples to scientific researchers.

Lyme Diagnostics, Radioactive Ticks, and More

Bay Area Lyme's 2020 Emerging Leader Award Winner, Artem Rogovskyy, DVM, PhD, of the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, discusses radioactive ticks, Lyme diagnostics, and how a kids' birthday party can lead to novel research.