Maine Courses: Understanding Lyme Disease in Maine

This is an online event. Please register to get the Zoom link.

Join field epidemiologist Stacie Poulin to learn more about tick borne illness and safety from the Maine CDC. Topics will include a general overview of ticks, tick density and illness throughout Maine, populations at risk, public health implications, and prevention of tick bites and disease. Learn more about protecting yourself and loved ones!

Stacie Poulin has worked for the Maine CDC for four years, two years in her current position as a Field Epidemiologist. she works in the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program at Maine CDC which involves investigation and surveillance of infectious disease throughout the State, including tick borne illnesses. Stacie has her Master’s degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition from the University of Maine. She will be continuing her education this Fall by pursuing her Doctor of Public Health degree at Claremont Graduate University.

This program is part of Maine Courses, a monthlong series of free, educational, online events on the topic "Changing Maine." For more Maine Courses offerings throughout March, see below. 

March 3, 6:00pm: From Hazard to Harvest: How Aerial Robotics Might Be Used to Upcycle Invasive Forest Pathogens To Biochar - REGISTER HERE

March 13, 5:30pm: Satellite Oceanography: Unlocking Insights by Analyzing the Big Picture - REGISTER HERE

March 19, 6:00pm: Healing Begins with Truth: Understanding Colonization, with Wabanaki REACH - REGISTER HERE

March 26, 6:00pm: Writing Maine: How Authors Blend Fact and Fiction to Create a Familiar, Imaginary World - REGISTER HERE

This series is brought to you by MECollab, a sharing partnership between libraries throughout the state.