Tuesday, February 28th. 7:30 pm

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Pioneer Room, Peter and Catherine Whyte Building, 101 Bear Street 
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Dr. Janet Sperling

Alberta is home to at least 14 species of ticks. Only a few are known to transmit diseases to humans, but those that do can cause a lifetime of misery. Ticks have been part of the Bow Valley ecosystem as long as there have been hosts to feed on. Different species of ticks are encountered in different environments, hard ticks being by far the most common. Knowing the type of tick encountered is important to helping your doctor to monitor and treat the diseases you may have been exposed to. Fortunately, small changes in our approach to the environment can mitigate the potential negative effects of ticks. Forewarned is forearmed.

Janet Sperling is an entomologist trained at the University of Alberta and the mother of four. After her son suffered from Lyme disease in 2004, she returned to the lab and undertook a PhD to better understand the bacteria associated with ticks in Alberta. She is currently President of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation and is a contract lecturer at the University of Alberta.  

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