Dr. ISOBEL RONAI
Ticks + Tick-associated diseases  |  Harvard University

How IPM Can Help Keep Children Safe from Lyme Disease at Schools and in Suburban Communities; Kathy Murray and Andrew Li; 8 May 2019.

Integrated Tick Management: Strategies and Barriers to the Prevention of Tick-Borne Disease; Kirby Stafford and Holiday Goodreau; 28 May 2020.

Extension at Home: Preventing Tick and Mosquito Bites; Karen Poh; 17 June 2020.

Time to Talk Ticks: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention; Erika Machtinger and Elizabeth Santini; 2 July 2020.

The IPM Toolbox: Tick IPM Webinar Series; USDA Northeastern IPM Center:

• Tick IPM #1: Strategies and Barriers to the Prevention of Tick-Borne Disease; Kirby Stafford; 10 June 2020.

• Tick IPM #2: What Happens When/If Reducing Source or Preventing Tick Bites Has Failed; Stephen M. Rich; 24 June 2020.

• Tick IPM #3: Asian Longhorned Tick IPM; Dina Fonseca; 13 July 2020.

• Tick IPM #4: Habitat Management for Vector-Borne Diseases; Allison Gardner; 10 August 2020.

• Tick IPM #5: Pathogens Found in Ticks Collected on School Grounds and Public Parks; Joellen Lampman, Matt Frye, Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann and Laura Goodman; 14 September 2020.

• Tick IPM #6: Host-Targeted Tick Control—What Works, What Does Not, and What’s New; Andrew Li; 30 September 2020.

• Tick IPM #7: Leaf Litter/Snow Removal for Tick Reduction; Kirby Stafford; 7 October 2020.

Tick Series; PennState Extension:

• Vector-Borne Disease Basics; Karen Poh; 9 July 2020.

• Protecting Pets from Tick-Borne Disease; Hayley R Springer; 23 July 2020.

• Ecology and How to Approach Tick Control; Erika Machtinger; 30 July 2020.

• Tick Protection Around the Home; Gregory P Martin; 6 August 2020.

• Protecting Yourself from Tick Bites; Erika Machtinger; 13 August 2020.

• Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases; Maria Luisa Tejada de Rivero; 27 August 2020.

• Tick Risks for Pennsylvania Cattle; Hayley R Springer; 3 September 2020.

• Protecting Your Horses from Tick Bites; Erika Machtinger; 10 Sepetember 2020.

• Hunters and Vector-Borne Disease - A Tick-ing Time Bomb; Karen Poh; 17 September 2020.

The Global Challenge of Vector Borne Diseases and How to Control Them (6 week course); London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine/ARCTEC/Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine/Innovative Vector Control Consortium; September 2020.

• Vector Biology: Ticks and Tick Control

Ticks and the Diseases They Carry; Alison Hinckley and Rick Ostfeld; 29 September 2020.

Tick Mitochondrial Genome Network; Steve Barker, Ryo Nakao, Renfu Shao and Ben Mans:

• Tick Mitochondrial Genome Network Meeting #1; 22 October 2020.

  • Phylogenies from mitochondrial genomes of 120 species of ticks: insights into the evolution of the families of ticks and of the genus Amblyomma especially Amblyomma (Africaniella) transversale; Sam Kelava

  • Overview of the methods I use to sequence mt genomes of ticks and other arthropods; Renfu Shao

Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases Annual Meeting; virtual; 12 January 2021.

Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases Annual Meeting; virtual; 17–18 February 2021.

Public Tick IPM Working Group; USDA North Central IPM Center; 2013–present.