Dan Salkeld, PhD, Bay Area Lyme Scientific Advisory Board member, discusses the ecology and epidemiology of Lyme and other emerging tick-borne pathogens such as Borrelia miyamotoi.

Guest host, Wendy Adams, Bay Area Lyme grant director, interviews Dr. Michael Snyder, Stanford W. Ascherman Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics Director, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Stanford University. Dr. Snyder is a major participant in the ENCODE project, the public research project that aims to identify functional elements of the human genome.

Kerry Lang, a mental health therapist, shares how seeking wellness groups and having a positive attitude are so important to supporting the immune system and mental health. She discusses the Covid/Lyme overlap and how these two populations need to work together to inform each other.

Kris Newby discusses her Lyme history, her extensive research into tick-borne diseases in the USA and where we find ourselves today in this new pandemic world.

Dr. Baranchuk, Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University in the Division of Cardiology in Ontario Canada, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electrocardiology, Vice-President of the International Society of Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology and Secretary of the Inter-American Society of Cardiology, discusses his screening process for identifying Lyme infections in the heart and how to treat these patients without unnecessary pacemakers.

Col. Nicole Malachowski, first female Thunderbird pilot, National Women's Hall of Famer, Former Deputy Director for US Air Force Readiness and Training for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and Bay Area Lyme Foundation Ambassador shares her challenging journey from military fighter to Lyme warrior.

Monica Embers, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center and Bay Area Lyme Scientific Advisory Board member discusses xenodiagnosis, Borrelia persistence, and her ongoing research in non-human primates.

Miss California USA 2020, Allyshia Gupta, shares her personal story of finding herself through hardship and loss, and the importance of service as a source of strength.

Wendy Adams, MBA, Bay Area Lyme Advisory Board Member and Research Grant Director, discusses Lyme research, Lyme persistence studies, and the reality of Lyme rashes.

Bay Area Lyme Foundation Advisory Board Member, Richard Horowitz, MD, author of "Why Can't I Get Better?" speaks about his experience and novel research on Tick-borne Diseases, Fire/Smoke Exposure, Covid19, and Multiple Systemic Infectious Disease Syndrome (MSIDS)

Bay Area Lyme Foundation Advisory Board Member, "Chronic" co-author and SonyATV singer/ songwriter, Dana Parish, shares her perspective on chronic diseases, autoimmunity, COVID-19, and speaking out in the face of adversity.

Bay Area Lyme's 2020 Emerging Leader Award Winner, Jacob Lemieux, MD, PhD, of the Harvard/MIT Broad Institute, discusses Borrelia and malaria, next-generation sequencing, COVID-19, and Lyme diagnostic challenges.

Principal Investigator for the Bay Area Lyme Disease Biobank, Liz Horn, PhD, MBI, discusses the Lyme Disease Biobank which has enrolled over 900 participants, supporting over 50 research projects so far. They support research projects across the nation by providing coveted serum, whole blood, urine and tissue samples to scientific researchers.

Bay Area Lyme's 2020 Emerging Leader Award Winner, Artem Rogovsky, PhD, of the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, discusses radioactive ticks, Lyme diagnostics, and how a kids' birthday party can lead to novel research.