"STONE RIDGE — A New York City forum focusing on tick-borne diseases will be simulcast at Ulster County Community College Monday morning.
The forum is titled "Tick-Borne Diseases: A Public Health Crisis."
It is being led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
It seeks to increase public awareness about the impact of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme. It will be held Monday at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
Among the speakers is Richard Ostfeld, disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook. "
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STONE RIDGE — A New York City forum focusing on tick-borne diseases will be simulcast at Ulster County Community College Monday morning.
The forum is titled "Tick-Borne Diseases: A Public Health Crisis."
It is being led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
It seeks to increase public awareness about the impact of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme. It will be held Monday at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
Among the speakers is Richard Ostfeld, disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook.
Other speakers include:
-- David Roth, co-chairman of the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance.
-- Dr. Brian Fallon, director at the Center for Neuroinflammatory Disorders and Biobehavioral Medicine and director of the Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center at Columbia University
-- Dr. Roy Gulick, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Guilick is also an attending physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
-- Dr. David Leiby, head of transmissible diseases at the American Red Cross.
-- John McPherson, a nationally syndicated cartoonist, creator of the “Close to Home” comic and a patient advocate.
-- Dr. Brian Fallon, director at the Center for Neuroinflammatory Disorders and Biobehavioral Medicine and director of the Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center at Columbia University
-- Dr. Roy Gulick, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Guilick is also an attending physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
-- Dr. David Leiby, head of transmissible diseases at the American Red Cross.
-- John McPherson, a nationally syndicated cartoonist, creator of the “Close to Home” comic and a patient advocate.
The forum will be simulcast beginning at 10:15 a.m. Monday at the College Lounge in Vanderlyn Hall at Ulster County Community College, 491 Cottekill Road in Stone Ridge.
To read the Poughkeepsie Journal's ongoing series about Lyme disease, go to www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/lyme.
