A New Treatment Study - Disulfiram

Are you suffering from chronic fatigue that began after you were diagnosed and treated with antibiotics for Lyme disease? We are currently screening, but not enrolling in this study.
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A Brain Imaging Study of Chronic Pain in Post-Treatment Lyme Disease

Why do some individuals continue to experience chronic symptoms of Lyme Disease, such as pain, fatigue, sensory hypersensitivity, and neurocognitive difficulties long after receiving treatment? We are currently screening, but not enrolling in this study.
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Conquering Lyme Disease

Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridges the Great Divide by Brian A. Fallon, MD, Jennifer Sotsky, MD.
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Meet our extended Lyme research team

Our core group plus collaborators from labs across Columbia.
Research Team

The Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center brings together leading clinicians and scientists to enhance patient care and recovery, using precision medicine to solve the most urgent clinical questions.

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Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is an illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. The disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks.
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Other Tick-Borne Diseases

Other diseases caused by tick-borne infections include anaplasmosis, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, borrelia miyamotoi disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and many others.
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News

  • Managing Anxiety During the Coronavirus Outbreak

    March 24, 2020

    Dr. Brian Fallon specializes in illness anxiety/hypochondria and shares his recommendations on how to manage anxiety while remaining safe.

  • Shrink Speak Podcast: COVID-19 Crisis

    March 18, 2020

    Dr. Lieberman speaks with renowned experts who have expertise in relevant disciplines that pertain to this COVID-19 pandemic.

    Shrink Speak

  • Columbia Lyme Center Interviewed on Fox

    October 12, 2019

    As the fight over Lyme disease continues, advocates and authors, patients and authors from all walks of life are coming together to try and eradicate the disease that has changed so many lives.

    Researchers

  • When Lyme Disease Doesn't Go Away

    May 1, 2019

    It's tick season. Here's what Brian Fallon, the director of Columbia’s Lyme & Tick-borne Diseases Research Center, has to say about combating chronic Lyme disease.

    Brian Fallon
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An up-to-the-minute overview of the science that is transforming the way we address Lyme disease.
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