Ticks & Lyme Disease

Biology professor and disease ecologist Jory Brinkerhoff is an expert on ticks, tick-borne diseases, and host-parasite relationships.

To connect with Brinkerhoff, contact Sunni Brown at sbrown5@richmond.edu.

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April 17, 2025

Tick season is here, expert gives advice on how to avoid nasty bites

Biology professor Jory Brinkerhoff is interviewed.

April 26, 2023

Peak Lyme Disease Season is Here: Protect Yourself

Biology professor Jory Brinkerhoff, a disease ecologist and expert on tick-borne illnesses, is quoted.

October 21, 2022

Woman Had White Maggots Covered in Black Dots Living in Arm for Months

Biology professor Jory Brinkerhoff, an expert on parasitism, is quoted.

October 19, 2021

Promising New Lyme Disease Vaccine in Clinical Trials

Biology professor Jory Brinkerhoff is quoted.

August 18, 2021

Tick bites: Every year is a bad tick year

Biology professor Jory Brinkerhoff authored this piece.

August 27, 2020

With More People Getting Outside This Summer, Scientists Wonder if Lyme Disease Cases Will Jump

Biology professor Jory Brinkerhoff, a disease ecologist, is quoted. This piece also highlights Brinkerhoff’s earlier authored piece with The Conversation.

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