Lyme Disease

Meet our extended Lyme research team

Our core group plus collaborators from labs across Columbia.

Clinical Trials Network Coordinating Center for Lyme and other Tick-Borne Diseases

CTN welcomes your ideas on novel treatment approaches.

CTN Tick-borne Disease Pilot Treatment Study Award

Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases: Research & Clinical Advances Conference 2023

The Lyme Disease Association, Inc.

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.

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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Announcements

Conquering Lyme Disease receives 2019 Choice Award for Outstanding Title

Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridges the Great Divide was praised by the science journal NATURE and by medical journal LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The 2019 paperback version is now available. .
Dr. John Keilp, senior neuropsychologist at the Columbia Lyme Center, reports a "fingerprint" of neurocognitive Lyme disease

Dr. John Keilp, senior neuropsychologist at the Columbia Lyme Center, reports a "fingerprint" of neurocognitive Lyme disease.
NPR feature: Life with Lyme Disease

Dr. Fallon featured on an hour long show on NPR "Life with Lyme Disease"

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News

Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: Research & Clinical Advances 2023

September 27, 2023

LDA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Dr. Fallon to Present at Upcoming Chronic Illness Conference

September 27, 2023

New Developments in Understanding Chronic Illnesses: The Role of Immune Dysfunction and Infections
Columbia CTN Welcomes Treatment Research Ideas from Public, Clinicians, Others

January 20, 2022

The Columbia Clinical Trails Newtwork Coordinating Center (CTNCC) welcomes input from the public regarding novel treatment approaches that it should review and consider.
Lyme Disease Heightens Risk of Mental Disorders, Suicidality

August 11, 2021

A Columbia-led study advises physicians and patients be aware of psychiatric symptoms, particularly the first year after diagnosis
Clinical Trials Network Coordinating Center (CTNCC) Opens Proposal Submissions

June 4, 2021

Clinical Trials Network Coordinating Center (CTNCC) Opens Proposal Submissions

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