University of Vermont College of Medicine students and Fletcher Allen Health Care residents heard a talk by Christina Nelson, M.D., M.P.H., medical officer at the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Fort Collins, Colo., on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 in the Sullivan Classroom in the Medical Education Center.
A medical epidemiologist who is board-certified in both pediatrics and preventive medicine/public health, Nelson discussed the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme disease, as well as introduced a new CDC program for medical students, graduate students and residents called LymeCorps at her talk, which was titled “Tick Tock, Tick Talk: Time to Talk about Lyme Disease.”
The lecture was hosted by Jan Carney, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine and associate dean for public health at the UVM College of Medicine. For more information, contact Carole Whitaker.