Heidi Goethert ScD, MS, BS
- Research Assistant Professor
- Vector-borne Infections, Disease ecology
Education
- ScD, Harvard School of Public Health, 2002
- MS, Harvard School of Public Health, 1999
- BS, Tufts University, 1993
Research Activities
- Molecular ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne diseases- with emphasis on infections that are local: Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, deer tick virus, and tularemia.
Selected Research Projects
- Molecular epidemiology and phylogeology of Babesia microti in New England
- Ecology and host associations of deer tick-transmitted infections
- Development of new tools for blood meal analysis in ticks
Research and Clinical Interests
- Ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne infections
- Molecular epidemiology
- Phylogeology