Speakers

Dr. Aucott is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center. He is principal investigator for the SLICE studies of Lyme disease where his research interests center on the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease associated persistent illness. He is an active clinician and educator and the program director for the Johns Hopkins Fellowship in Lyme and tickborne diseases. Dr. Aucott is the past chair of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Tick-Borne Disease Working Group and current scientific advisor for the HHS LymeX diagnostic program. He is a member of the executive committee of the Cohen Foundation funded Clinical Trials Network.