September 12, 2019, TBDWG Meeting (on-line)

September 12, 2019

Time	Agenda Item	Presenter
9:00 am – 9:05 am	Welcome from the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group	Leigh Ann Soltysiak, Co-Chair David Walker, Co-Chair
9:05 am – 9:07 am	New Member Introduction	Kevin Macaluso
9:07 am – 9:09 am	Overview of the Working Group’s Mission, Vision Statement, Values	Jim Berger, DFO
9:09 am – 9:20 am	- Update from June 4, 2019 Meeting to Today - Review 2020 TBDWG Objectives - What We Hope to Accomplish Today - Introduction of Subcommittees Updates	Leigh Ann Soltysiak, Co-Chair David Walker, Co-Chair
9:20 am – 9:30 am	Alpha-gal Subcommittee Update	Scott Commins, Co-Chair Angel Davey, Co-Chair Leigh Ann Soltysiak, Co-Chair
9:30 am – 9:40 am	Babesiosis and Tick-Borne Viruses Subcommittee Update	Ben Beard, Co-Chair Gene Shapiro, Co-Chair
9:40 am – 9:50 am	Clinical Aspects of Lyme Disease Subcommittee	CDR Rebecca Bunnell, Co-Chair Sam Donta, Co-Chair
9:50 am – 10:00 am	Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis Subcommittee	Dennis Dixon, Co-Chair David Walker, Co-Chair
10:00 am – 10:10 am	Pathogenesis and Physiology of Lyme Disease Subcommittee	Sam Donta, Co-Chair Leith States, Co-Chair
10:10 am – 10:20 am	Rickettsiosis Subcommittee	Estella Jones, Co-Chair David Walker, Co-Chair
10:20 am – 10:30 am	Tick Biology, Ecology, and Control Subcommittee	Kevin Macaluso, Co-Chair Beto Perez de Leon, Co-Chair
10:30 am – 10:40 am	Training and Education Subcommittee	CDR Rebecca Bunnell, Co-Chair Pat Smith, Co-Chair
10:40 am – 10:50 am	Discussion of Public Comment Subcommittee	Leigh Ann Soltysiak, Co-Chair David Walker, Co-Chair
10:50 am – 11:10 am	Topic Development Brief Update – Causes of Increased Tick-Borne Diseases	Selena Gonzalez
11:10 am – 11:35 am	Topic Development Brief Update – Lyme Diagnosis/Persistent Infection	Selena Gonzalez
11:35 am – 11:55 am	Topic Development Brief Update – Persistent Symptoms	Selena Gonzalez
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm	Public Comments
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm – 1:35 pm	Quick Recap of the Morning	Leigh Ann Soltysiak, Co-Chair David Walker, Co-Chair
1:35 pm – 2:35 pm	Discussion of Federal Inventory	Leigh Ann Soltysiak, Co-Chair David Walker, Co-Chair
2:35 pm – 2:45 pm	Discussion of Next 2 In-person Meetings	Leigh Ann Soltysiak, Co-Chair David Walker, Co-Chair
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm	Recap of Decisions Made Next Steps
3:00 pm	Adjourn

The tenth meeting of the Tick-borne Disease Working Group was held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET. For this meeting, the Working Group received reports from the eight subcommittees that were formed during the June 4, 2019, meeting and continue to focus on plans to develop the 2020 report to the HHS Secretary and Congress on federal tick-borne activities and research.