Archive Event:

 

2024 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference

Friday, May 17 at the Lewes Public Library

Hosted by Beebe Healthcare

 

This free event focused on Lyme and tickborne diseases with Delaware-specific research, and offered CME/CEU opportunities to in-person & online participants. Thank you for your support and participation - it was a huge success! Click below for conference materials:​​

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• Conference Agenda

• Full Program Syllabus

• Speaker Presentations (Slide Decks) & Videos:​

 

​Morning Welcome & Delaware Lyme Law History  

Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf, Delaware State Speaker Pro Tempore

Video (speaker remarks) 

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Delaware Tick Program - Speaker Presentation

​Ashley Kennedy, PhD, BCE, Former Delaware State Tick Biologist, Delaware DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife, Lyme Disease Education Oversight Board Member

PDF (topic slides)

Video

 

Multiplex Assays for Surveillance of Delaware Tickborne Pathogens - Speaker Presentation 

​Michael Buoni, PhD, EdD, Instructor of Genetics, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Delaware Technical Community College

PDF (topic slides, summary lesson)

Video

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Antibiotic Efficacy Against Lyme - Speaker Presentation  

Monica Embers, PhD, Director of Vector-Borne Disease Research, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine

PDF (topic slides)

Video

 

Lyme Disease Rashes & Research - Speaker Presentation  

John Aucott, MD, Director, Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

PDF (topic slides)

Video

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Lyme Disease Testing - Speaker Presentation  

​Elizabeth Maloney, MD, Physician, Former Member of the Federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, Founder and President, Partnership for Tick-Borne Diseases Education

PDF (topic slides)

Video

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One Health, and Reporting Lyme & Tickborne Disease in Delaware  - Speaker Remarks  

Douglas Riley, DVM, Delaware State Public Health Veterinarian, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), LDEOB Member

PDF: Why is One Health Important?  (information sheet)

PDF: Notifiable Disease Report  (fillable PDF form, Delaware Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology)

Video 

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Afternoon Welcome   

Comm. Trinidad Navarro, Delaware State Insurance Commissioner

Video (speaker remarks) 

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Neuropsychiatric Lyme Disease - Speaker Presentation  

​Brian Fallon, MD, MPH, Director, Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center, Director, Center for Neuroinflammatory Disorders & Biobehavioral Medicine, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

PDF (topic slides)

Video 

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Evaluations & CME Credit Information 

​Tanya Ray, MS, Administrative Director of Graduate Medical Education, Beebe Healthcare

PDF (CloudCME® account instructions - CME credits available to conference registrants only)

Video (speaker remarks & conference CME details)

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Treatment Presentation - Speaker Discussion    

​Neil Rellosa, MD, Infectious Diseases Physician, Nemours Children's Hospital, LDEOB Member & Elizabeth Maloney, MD, Physician, Former Member of the Federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, Founder and President, Partnership for Tick-Borne Diseases Education

PDF (topic slides)

Video 

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Physician Review Group for Lyme Disease Education Oversight Board & Gratitude    

Lori Maramante, EdD, Delaware Tech, LDEOB Vice Chair

Video (speaker remarks)