Description
Concerned about ticks? Worried about protecting yourself and your pets from illness this tick season? Come join our community Tick Hunt, organized by the Cambridge Public Health Department and led by tick borne disease specialist Dr. Sam Telford (Tufts University).
Dr. Telford is a Professor of Infectious Diseases and Global Health at the Cummings School of Veterinary Health. Early in career, he was involved in the development of the only approved human vaccine for Lyme disease. Professor Telford is an internationally renowned expert in Lyme disease and an early pioneer studying deer tick virus and Borrelia miyamotoi disease. He serves as an advisor to local, state, and national organizations on public health interventions against tick and mosquito borne infection.
This informal field event will begin with a short lecture at Cambridge Water Department, 2nd floor conference room. Following the lecture, participants will walk through Fresh Pond Reservation and cross over to Blair Pond to seek out ticks (identified on the spot by Dr. Telford) and learn about the general types of ticks and seasonal patterns of activity. Time permitting, we will visit Mount Auburn Cemetery to continue the hunt. All areas we intend to cover are walkable from the Water Department, but may take 10-15 minutes on foot.
Rain date: Thursday, May 8, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Questions? Contact Sam Lipson, Sr. Director for Environmental Health for Cambridge Public Health Department,
slipson@cambrigepublichealth.org.