Columbia News Features Dr. Fallon & His Lyme Book Wins Award

Columbia News, April 30, 2019, by Carla Cantor, “When Lyme Disease Doesn’t Go Away” is an interview with Brian A. Fallon, MD, Director of the Columbia University Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center. The article discusses his early career and his work on Lyme beginning in the early 90s and the formation of the Center, a joint effort between then Time for Lyme (now GLA) and the Lyme Disease Association, Inc. and the Columbia Board of Trustees. He discusses persistent Lyme.

His book, Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridges the Great Divide, with co-author Jennifer Sotsky, is also featured in the article. LDA has just learned from Dr. Fallon that the book has been selected as a “Winner, 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title.” Choice reviews thousands of books each year using expert unpaid scholars and prepares a list which is used by many academic institutions, large public libraries and others to purchase books for their libraries. Choice is published by the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Dr. Fallon is a member of the Lyme Disease Association’s Scientific & Professional Advisory Board.

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