Week 9
Field Trips and Focus Groups During this past week, due to weather constraints, we continued to recruit various properties for the study until Wednesday. Using maps designed to highlight locations that matched our sampling ...
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Tick Surveillance and Community Engagement: Evaluating New Techniques to Control Tick-borne Disease Spread in Onondaga County
Weeks 7 + 8
Community Engagement Welcome back! The week of the 4th was business as usual with some sampling in the field and time off for the holiday. The next week, we went over to Pratt’s Falls ...
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Week 6
R + Tabling This week we had a good amount of rain, making it difficult to sample. We spent some time searching for more properties to recruit. On Tuesday, I attended an R & ...
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Week 5
The Search Continues Earlier in the week, before the rain began, we started investigating the properties that had opted to join the study. As a team, we would visit each site to look for ...
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Week 4
Working in the Lab On Monday, our team attended a tick presentation for the NYS Ag & Markets led by Joellen. It was a great opportunity to learn more about the various species of ...
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Week 3
Mystery Ticks! This week there was some rain, which limited the days we were able to sample. We try not to drag when the ground vegetation is dewy or wet, since it can dampen ...
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Week 2
About the Project This tick risk study, conducted in Onondaga County, is a collaboration between Cornell University and CCE Onondaga. We plan to sample about 50 sites around the county using tick drags. This ...
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Week 1
About Me Hi everyone! My name is Emily Hansen, and I am the summer intern for the CCE Onondaga County Tick Surveillance Study. I am a rising senior in CALS, studying Global and Public ...
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