News and Events
Annual Ticks and Tickborne Diseases Symposium
On April 30, 2025, we hosted our 3rd annual Ticks and Tickborne Diseases Symposium. The event featured leading experts on tick surveillance, disease risk, and innovative anti-tick strategies, and B. burgdorferi bacterial genetics and pathogenesis. Participants also engaged in an interactive poster session with trainees, and panel discussions focusing on interventions, new/emerging tickborne diseases, human study challenges, and Lyme disease pathogenesis.
Please mark your calendars on April 29-30, 2026 for next year’s Ticks and Tickborne Diseases Symposium!
Upcoming Events
2025 Noon Seminar
September 25, 2025: Justin Radolf, MD, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Genetics and Genome Sciences, and Immunology, University of Connecticut Health
2026 Seminar Series
February 19, 2026: John Leong, MD, PhD, Edith Rieva and Hyman S. Trilling Professor and Chair Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University
April 9, 2026: Monika Gulia-Nuss, Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director, Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Reno
Summer Newsletter
Pleased to share our Summer 2024 newsletter, where we highlight LTBDI activities and team members!
Lyme-Fighting Power Duo
An interview with our director, Nicole Baumgarth and Karen Peetz, who are aligning their talents and resources to energize the field.
The inaugural director of the Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Institute tackles the growing threat of tickborne illnesses.
Researcher Nicole Baumgarth Joins Bloomberg School’s Johns Hopkins Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Institute as Inaugural Director
Baumgarth is known for efforts to understand host responses to Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease via the bite of infected blacklegged ticks.
Media Coverage
GameChanger: Nicole Baumgarth
Baltimore Magazine profiles our Institute Director whose work and mission is focused on the fight against tickborne diseases
Dr. Baumgarth was featured on to discuss the spread of Lyme Disease in the United States. (interview begins at 21:30)
A focused on the vision for the Institute.