S.1657, The Tick Act – LDA Letter to Committee on Health, Education, Welfare & Pensions
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About Us
The Lyme Disease Association (LDA), an organization which expanded its focus nationally 28 years ago, is dedicated to Lyme disease education, prevention, research funding, and patient support. An average of 97 cents of every dollar raised by the Lyme Disease Association is spent directly for its programs.
Providence, Rhode Island: Advocates Have Annual Meeting
The Lyme Disease Association’s Advocate dinner held Friday evening October 26 prior to the LDA/Columbia CME conference was well attended with group representation from Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Vermont, California and Maine. The groups are part of the LDAnet umbrella network. LDA Rhode Island Chapter Co-Chair Julie Merolla led the […]
DC – Written Testimony, US House Global Health & Human Rights Committee
Click here for DC – Written Testimony, US House Global Health & Human Rights Committee House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, & Human Rights, July 17, 2012 by Patricia V. Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
Dr. Referral Website Issues
We are an all volunteer organization and will do our best to respond to your questions in a timely fashion. Problems or questions we cannot address and WE WILL NOT respond to: Requests for individual provider lists – You MUST use the automated system. Requests for medical advice. Requests for medical providers’ qualifications. Requests […]
LDAnet Groups Info
To help LDA keep records up to date and ensure each organization is receiving pertinent information via LDAnet Yahoo email, we are asking all affiliated group leaders to complete the below form. Personal information will NOT be shared with others and is solely to help us correct information within our database and LDAnet email group. […]
Mt. Equinox, VT – 2016 Gear Up For Lyme Bike Climb
Remarks of Pat Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Gear Up for Lyme (VT) 2016 Welcome & thanks to all of you who organized, participated, or supported the bikers in this race today and in the past 11 races, since the first in 2004. From 2004-2014, the Manchester Rotary has raised a total of more than […]
LDA Board of Directors 2019
Click here for bios. Patricia V. Smith, BA, President / Click for Publications Richard H. Smith, BA, Vice President, Treasurer Corey Lakin, AB , 2nd Vice President, Technical Support Ruth Waddington, RN, Corresponding Secretary Jeannine Phillips, BA, Recording Secretary Timothy (Tim) Lynagh, MBA, Board Member […]
MA – Joint Committee on Financial Services
IRS EIN # 22-3123551 / Massachusetts exempt # 223-123-551 10/20/15 Testimony to Massachusetts Joint Committee on Financial Services (H901/S502)From Patricia V. Smith President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) Thank you, Chairmen Eldridge & Michlewitz […]
OR – Senate Committee on Health
March 31, 2015 Testimony from: Lyme Disease Association, Inc. a national non-profit raising funds for research, education, prevention, patient support To: Oregon Senate Committee on Health derek.sennes@state.or.us To: Chairman Laurie Monnes Anderson and Committee Members At this time, your committee is considering Senate Bill 916, a worthy goal to help the public prevent […]
LDA Position on FDA Laboratory Developed Test Guidance Proposal
The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) formulated a response to FDA to be included in its comment period on its testing Guidance which will affect specialty lab Lyme tests. Groups who wanted to support the position taken by the LDA were able to join in on the letter. Letter was submitted with 73 groups signed on. […]