NatCapLyme Attends Congressional Reception

July 2, 2023

Bonnie Crater, Nancy Dougherty, Monte Skall, Lyle Petersen

NatCapLyme was honored to attend the recent Center For Lyme Action Congressional Reception held on June 28th, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC.   Center for Lyme Action is a 501(c)(4) non-profit dedicated to growing federal funding for Lyme and tick-borne disease research.  Its focus is to work with the federal government to create new working diagnostics and therapies, and eventually find a cure. Lyme advocates, legislators, government officials, and patients mingled throughout the event exchanging information on tick-borne disease awareness, prevention, and funding efforts. Remarks were offered by:

• Bonnie Crater 
  Co-Founder and Board Member, Center for Lyme Action, Research Grant Director, Bay Area Lyme Foundation
• Wendy Adams, MBA 
  Research Grant Director, Bay Area Lyme Foundation
• Kristen T. Honey, PhD 
  Chief Data Scientist and Executive Director of InnovationX
  OASH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Susanna Visser, DrPH, MS 
  Associate Director for Policy & Extramural Program
  Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, NCZID, CDC

National Capital Lyme Disease Association is proud to participate with the Center for Lyme Action through their Lyme Action Virtual DC Fly-ins to increase Lyme and tick-borne disease federal funding since 2021.

Laura Granato, Granato Family Niece, Sue Visser, Monte Skall, Dominic Granato