To help increase awareness and education throughout the country, the LDA believes it is essential to work with and assist other Lyme organizations. Since 1999 we have awarded 145 educational grants to groups from across the country and some to universities, and 95 CME conference scholarships were awarded. A majority of the grants were used for the following: Publications (Lyme Times, The Basics, TX Lyme Disease brochure, a tick-borne disease textbook), school Curriculum project, Lyme disease websites, distribution of materials to School Nurses, host various educational projects in schools, support medical conferences including several offering CME awards, sponsor physicians for CME medical conferences, sponsor Lyme disease symposia, provide educational in-service meetings for schools and companies.
To help increase awareness and education throughout the country, LDA believes it is essential to work with and assist other Lyme organizations. PURPOSES Publications – includes (Lyme Times, The Basics, TX Lyme Disease brochure) Billboard Curriculum project Meetings Websites Distribution of materials to school nurses Projects in the schools Support medical conferences including Continuing Medical […]
The LDA annually awards a number of small education grants. Sometimes they are restricted to publications or conferences. Below is a sample of those grants. New York 1999 – Arman Manasar, DDS, Bard College: 2 Day Discussion of Most Recent Developments in Research & Clinical Management; CME, CDE, CEU credits offered Maryland 2001 – International Lyme & […]
The Lyme Disease Association Board of Directors has set up an educational grant in honor of the late Dr. Lis Heininger, who was long time Chapter Chair of the Corning/Fingerlakes Area Lyme Disease Association Chapter. The grant will be awarded annually to an individual advocate or an organization that has little to no funds to […]
Working with S.L.A.M., Sturbridge Lyme Awareness of Massachusetts, the Lyme Disease Association (LDA) provided a grant to S.L.A.M to have the printing done for a MA billboard. According to S.L.A.M. Founder Trish McCleary, who was responsible for getting its donation through LAMAR advertising,”This is the second year for a billboard for S.L.A.M. The billboard is […]
2010 Annual Conference – March 11th to 14th St. Louis, Missouri The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates(COPAA) Judith Leventhal, PhD, Patricia Exman, Education Advocate and Sandy Berenbaum, LCSW, BCD will be presenting “Complex Multi-System Medical Illness: Educational Needs and Advocacy Strategies.” Using Lyme disease as the model, the presentation will provide information about the […]