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Recent estimates suggest that approximately 476,000 people may be diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease each year in the United States. This spreading epidemic now involves major regions of the United States including Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region. Dr. John Aucott, infectious diseases physician and director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center, will share new research and clinical trials that are taking place that help shed further insight into Lyme disease.
Dr. John Aucott is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. An internist and Lyme disease expert in the Division of Rheumatology, he is the director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center.
With more than 15 years of research experience on the crippling effects of Lyme disease, he has published studies focusing on characteristics of early Lyme disease differences in males and females with an emphasis on prospects for prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Dr. Aucott received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University Hospitals of Cleveland. He is fellowship-trained in infectious disease and geographic medicine.
Dr. Aucott and his colleagues were recognized by Johns Hopkins with a Discovery Fund Synergy Award in 2014.
Event DateTuesday, March 11, 2025Start Time: 7:00pm EDTEnd Time: 8:00pm EDT
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ContactOffice of Alumni RelationsJoe LetourneauLifelong Learning(800) JHU-JHU1hopkinsathome@jhu.edu
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