Journal Editorial Review Board

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Ronald Schell, PhD, Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Chief Bacteriologist at the University of Wisconsin Medical School, as well as Chief of Bacteriology, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene brings over 34 years of experience as a microbiologist devoted to spirochetal research. He earned his Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees from the University of Wisconsin. His major research interest is the host response to the Lyme disease bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, and its cousin, Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis. Ronald has been a member of various societies, including the American Association of Immunologists, American Public Health Association, American Society of Microbiology, American Venereal Disease Association, and the Reticuloendothelial Society. He has done research projects under National Institutes of Health grants since 1977, and has been studying the hamster immune response to Treponema pallidum for the last 26 years under a grant from the World Health Organization. Dr. Schell completed Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas. He is author or coauthor of over 179 peer-reviewed papers, making him arguably the most peer-reviewed published scientist of all researchers that study Lyme disease.

 

Former Editor-In-Chiefs

Dr. Bosler is an original cofounder and Board member and has served as the Managing Editor of the LDF's Journal of Spirochetal and Tick-borne Diseases. Edward has his B.S. from Juniata College, and his MS & PhD from Rutgers University. His professional affiliations include the NY Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Wildlife Association, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Sigma Xi, and the Entomological Society of America. He is author or coauthor of over 50 peer-reviewed publications, including several landmark Lyme papers. Ed was cohost of the first NY LD International Conference in 1997 and served as coeditor of the NY Academy of Science's book, Lyme Disease and Related Disorders. He has served as scientific advisor and grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health, and as a manuscript reviewer for numerous prestigious scientific publications, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Infectious Disease, Journal of the American Veterinary medical Association, and Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Dr. Bosler has a long history of obtaining Federal funds to study prevention techniques, including several multi-year grants from the Centers for Disease Control. He is a 20-year veteran of the NY State Department of Health. He specialized in epidemiology, ecology, immunology, and pathogenesis of tick-borne pathogens and biting flies.

 

 

Richard C. Tilton, PhD, with over four decades of research and publication experience, is an additional Editor-in-Chief. He is also a former Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology and has published over 150 scientific articles, 20 books, and 175 abstracts/briefs. Dick served as principal investigator in a dozen scientific studies and is board-certified by the American Board of Medical Microbiology. Dr. Tilton earned fellowships from the American Academy of Microbiology, Association of Clinical Scientists, and Infectious Disease Society of America. He has honorable distinctions from the American Society for Microbiology Foundation as National Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology and is the first recipient of the Abbott Award for Research. Dr. Tilton earned his PhD in microbiology from the University of Massachusetts, started his 24-year college teaching career at Boston University School of Medicine, and then moved to the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Dick left his position as Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education to establish North American Laboratory Group, which is currently owned by Specialty Laboratories. Dr. Tilton presently works for Medical Diagnostic Laboratories of New Jersey.




DEPUTY EDITOR

Willy Burgdorfer, PhD, MD (Hon.) - National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories


CONSULTING EDITORS

Sam T. Donta, MD - Boston University Medical Center



ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Sandra L. Bushmich, MS, DVM
University of Connecticut

Claude F. Garon, PhD
National Institutes of Health, RML

Kenneth B. Liegner, MD
New York Medical College

James N. Miller, PhD
UCLA School of Medicine

Klaus Weber, MD
Private practice, Germany


REVIEW BOARD

Elisabeth Aberer, MD
University of Graz, Austria

Rudolf Ackermann, MD
Medizinish-Diagnostisches Laboratorium Germany

Satyen N. Banerjee, PhD
British Columbia Centers for Disease Control
Canada

Jorge L. Benach, PhD
NY State Department of Health
SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine

Bernard W. Berger, MD
SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine

Elizabeth C. Burgess, DVM, PhD
Veterinarian, Retired

Marina Cinco, PhD
University of Trieste, Italy

Patricia K. Coyle, MD
SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine

William U. Culbertson, MD

University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Robert D. Evans, PhD, DMV
Researcher

Brian A. Fallon, MD
Presbyterian Univ., NYS Psychiatric Institute

H. Hugh Fudenberg, MD
Private Practice

Juan C. Garcia-Monco, MD
Hospital de Galdakao, Spain

Jiri Havlik, MD
Bulovka - Infekcni Klinika, Czech Republic

Dagmar Hulinska, PhD
National Institute of Public Health
Czech Republic

James H. Katzel, MD
University of CA Medical Center, S.F.

Mark S. Klempner, MD
Tufts New England Medical Center

Robert S. Lane, PhD
University of CA, Berkley

Robert L. Lesser, MD
Yale University School of Medicine

Alan B. MacDonald, MD
Franklin Hospital Medical Center

John E. Madigan, DVM, PhD
University of CA at Davis

Edwin J. Masters, MD
Regional Primary Care

Pamela A. Paparone, RN, MSN
Atlantic City Medical Center

Philip W. Paparone, DO
Atlantic City Medical Center

Charles S. Pavia, PhD
New York Medical College

Mario T. Philipp, PhD
Tulane University Primate Center

Julie A. Rawlings, MPH
Texas Department of Health

Ronald F. Schell, PhD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

Edward M. Schneider, PhD
Veterinary Research Associates

Martin M. Shinedling, PhD
St. Mary's Medical Center

Terry L. Schulze, PhD
NJ State Department of Health

Steven E. Schutzer, MD
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Medical School

Tom C. Schwan, PhD
National Institutes of Health - Rocky Mountain Laboratories

Rudolph J. Scrimenti, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin

Franc Strle, MD, PhD
University Medical Center, Slovenia

Irwin T. Vanderhoof, PhD
NYU Stern School of Business

David J.M. Wright, MD
Caring Cross Medical School, Great Britian


Other reviewers with additional expertise are used, as needed.