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New Subcommittee Co-Chair Named by HHS
Paula Jackson Jones, President of Midcoast Lyme Disease Support and Education (MLDSE), was named co-chair of the Access to Care Services and Support to Patients Subcommittee. Jones co-founded the Maine-based group in 2014 as a result of her own experiences as a patient with Lyme disease. (LDA note: MLDSE is a partner with the Lyme Disease Association LDAnet umbrella organization.)
Paula Jackson JonesSubcommittee Co-Chair Named (posted April 16, 2018 on HHS.gov)
Paula Jackson Jones, President of Midcoast Lyme Disease Support and Education (MLDSE), was named co-chair of the Access to Care Services and Support to Patients Subcommittee. Jones co-founded the Maine-based group in 2014 as a result of her own experiences as a patient with Lyme disease. (LDA note: MLDSE is a partner with the Lyme Disease Association LDAnet umbrella organization.)
An updated listing of the co-chairs of the six subcommittees of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group is provided below.
Subcommittee Co-Chairs (as of April 16, 2018)
| Disease Vectors, Surveillance, and Prevention |
Pat Smith |
| Pathogenesis, Transmission and Treatment |
Wendy Adams, MBA |
| Testing and Diagnostics |
Lise E. Nigrovic, MD, MPH |
| Access to Care Services and Support to Patients |
Paula Jackson Jones |
| Vaccine and Therapeutics |
Robert Smith, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA |
| Other Tick-Borne Diseases and Co-Infections |
Richard Horowitz, MD |
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