About ALDF
The information on Lyme disease presented on this web site has been reviewed and approved by one or more members of our Board of Directors or Scientific Advisory Board.
Mission Statement
The American Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections.
The Foundation plays a key role in providing reliable and scientifically accurate information to the public, medical community and government agencies about tick-borne diseases and their effects on human health and quality of life.
Executive Director
Board of Directors
Directors
- Thomas P. Farrell
Managing Director
AML Consultants
New York, NY
- Durland Fish, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Epidemiology & Public Health
Yale University School of Medicine
- Eugene D. Shapiro, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology
Yale University School of Medicine
- Red Pfohl
Institutional Sales
OTA LLC / Off the Record Research LLC
Purchase, NY
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- Robert A. Proctor III
Managing Partner
Oak Hill Consultants LLC
Bedford Corners, NY
- Gary P. Wormser, M.D.
Chief of Infectious Disease
New York Medical College
- Peter Krause, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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Ex Officio
James Handelman
National Scientific Advisors
- Alan G. Barbour, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Department of Microbiology and
Molecular Genetics
Univ. of CA at Irvine Med. School
- Stephen Barthold, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Director of the Center for
Comparative Medicine
University of California at Davis
- Durland Fish, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Epidemiology & Public Health
Yale University School of Medicine
- Russell Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
University of Minnesota
School of Medicine
- Robert Lane, Ph.D.
Professor of Entomology
Division of Insect Biology
College of Natural Resources
Univ. of California at Berkeley
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- Robert T. Schoen, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
- Leonard Sigal, M.D.
Chief of Rheumatology and Connective
Tissue Research
Director of the Lyme Disease Center
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Daniel E. Sonenshine, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Sciences
Old Dominion University
- Andrew Pachner, M.D.
Professor of Neurosciences
Department of Neurology
Georgetown University
- Allen Steere, M.D.
Director of Rheumatology
Massachusetts General Hospital
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